CRIME AND THE PENAL SYSTEM

Hardback. The Third Edn. of a work already well established as a guide to 'modern' ideas for workers in the correctional and social services, as well as for students of Sociology and others interested in 'modern' society and its problems. The book deals with the causes and treatment of crime, together with methods of prevention and penal reform. The opportunity was taken at the time to include the more recent changes in law and literature on the subject; all statistics were the latest available at the time of going to press. Includes Psychoanalytic study of the criminal. Sociological theories of criminality. Treatment of juvenile delinquents. Insane criminals and the law. Group counselling in penal institutions. The prison as a community. Courts versus treatment tribunals. Present trends in crime. With Index. 302pp. 8vo. h/back. Lightly browned edges o/w Nr. F. in sl. chipped and sunned Vg. dw.