Crime, correction, and society - Johnson, Elmer Hubert (Homewood, Illinois Dorsey Press, 1968)
Part I. Introduction -- Criminology and the problem of crime -- Trends and volume of crime -- Part II. Sociocultural context and social control -- Man and society: a preface to criminology -- Relationship of certain attributes to criminality -- Social institutions and crime causation -- Vices: problems and socioculture context -- Part III. Explanations for criminal behavior -- Earlier and individualistic theories -- Sociological study of crime and criminals -- Social structure and crime -- Part IV. Society reacts to the criminals -- Major ideologies: their nature and historical background -- The punitive reaction -- The therapeutic reaction -- Preventive reaction -- Part V. Administration of justice -- The police -- The courts -- Some models of administering justice -- Detention and jails -- Part VI. Confinement and correction -- History of correction -- Confinement and the inmate social system -- Prison: the formal organization -- Prison custody -- Prison industry -- Prison treatment -- Part VII. Community-based programs -- The offender and the community -- Circumstances and problems of release -- Probation and parole -- Reform and community-based correction.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Crime and criminals; Crime and criminals -- United States