Criminal Area - A Study in Social Ecology

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.

List of contents

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;

About the author

Professor Terence Morris

Product details

• Authors: Professor Terence Morris, Professor Terence Morris Morris, Terence Morris
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415863834
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86383-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: International Library of Sociology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology