by Norval Morris and Gordon J. Hawkins
University of Chicago Press, 1970
Cloth: 978-0-226-53901-0 | Paper: 978-0-226-53902-7
Library of Congress Classification HV6041.M64
Dewey Decimal Classification 364

ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Norval Morris and Gordon Hawkins's first premise is that our criminal justice system is a moral busybody, unwisely extended beyond its proper role of protecting persons and property. But they go further and systematically cover the amount, costs, causes, and victims of crime: the reduction of violence; the police; corrections; juvenile delinquency; the function of psychiatry in crime control; organized crime; and the uses of criminological research. On each topic precise recommendations are made and carefully defended.