Crime and Social Organization

by Elin Waring

This tenth volume in the Advances in Criminological Theory series is dedicated to the work of Albert J. Reiss, Jr. It focuses on the relationship between crime and social organization that is so central to his work. This focus rejects a view of crime solely as the action of atomistic individuals and sees the criminal justice system as inseparable from its social, political and organizational context. This perspective has had a resurgence in recent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765800640
• ISBN13: 9780765800640
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"