The Criminal Area
A Study in Social Ecology
1st Edition
Published on 29. January 1998
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-415-17735-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is Volume IV of fifteen in the Sociology of Law and Criminology Series. Originally published in 1957 this study looks at social ecology and offer a clear exposition of the merits as well as the limitations of the ecological interpretation of crime and juvenile delinquency and, more specifically, of the work of the so-called Chicago School.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-17735-1 (9780415177351)
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Persons
Professor Terence Morris
Content
Chapter 1 I THE CONCEPTS OF ECOLOGY; Chapter 2 II DELINQUENCY AREAS; Chapter 3 III SOME ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE 19TH CENTURY; Chapter 4 IV EARLY AMERICAN STUDIES: CLIFFORD SHAW AND THE CHICAGO SCHOOL; Chapter 5 V GENERAL CRITICISMS OF SHAW'S WORK; Chapter 6 VI SOME AREA STUDIES SINCE 1930; Chapter 7 VII DELINQUENCY AREAS IN CROYDON; Chapter 8 VIII SOME YOUNG DELINQUENTS: AN ANALYSIS OF CASE MATERIAL; Chapter 9 IX SOME CASE HISTORIES; Chapter 10 X CRIME, DELINQUENCY, AND SOCIAL CLASS; Chapter 11 XI DELINQUENCY, HOUSING AND SOCIAL POLICY;