Crime and Justice at the Millennium

by Wolfgang, Marvin E.; Silverman, Robert A.; Thornberry, Terence P.; Cohen, Bernard; Krisberg, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780792375920
• ISBN10: 0792375920
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The major theme of this Festschrift will be state-of-the-art criminology at the millennium and its impact into the 21st century. The editors have solicited major figures in contemporary criminology to elucidate the current state and future prospects of criminology at the turn of the century. It is appropriate that such a volume be produced in honor of Marvin E. Wolfgang, the most influential criminologist in the English-speaking world. Those invited to contribute were students or colleagues of Professor Wolfgang and are themselves distinguished criminologists. They represent criminology both of the past and the future. The appeal of the current book is not that it honors Marvin Wolfgang, but rather that it provides an accounting of where the discipline of criminology currently stands and its future directions. Professor Marvin E. Wolfgang was unsurpassed as a criminologist, distinguished mentor, and gentleman. A book designed to contribute to the most contemporary debates in criminology is a most fitting tribute.

Author Biography

Professor Marvin E. Wolfgang was unsurpassed as a criminologist, distinguished mentor, and gentleman. A book designed to contribute to the most contemporary debates in criminology is a most fitting tribute

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
Introduction	ix
Ira Lipman
Essays in Honor of Marvin E. Wolfgang: An Overview	xiii
Terence P. Thornberry
Bernard Cohen
Robert A. Silverman
Acknowledgments	xxv
Reflections on a Scholarly Career: An Interview with Marvin E. Wolfgang	1	(14)
Freda Adler
II. Crime and Justice at the Millennium
A. The Criminal in Society
Patterns of Violent Behavior
Subcultures of Violence and Beyond: Theory Integration in Criminology	15	(16)
Charles F. Wellford
David A. Soule
Political Violence: Patterns and Trends	31	(14)
Austin T. Turk
Intimate Partner Violence: The Legacy of Marvin Wolfgang's Thinking	45	(14)
Albert P. Cardarelli
Social Stress and Violence in Israel: A Macro Level Analysis	59	(22)
Simha F. Landau
Violence among Russian-Germans in the Context of the Subculture of Violence Theory	81	(18)
Elmar G.M. Weitekamp
Kerstin Reich
Criminal Homicide
Arrest Clearances for Homicide: A Study of Los Angeles	99	(22)
Marc Riedel
Trends and Patterns of Homicide in Australia	121	(14)
Satyanshu Mukherjee
Longitudinal Studies
Investigating Race and Gender Differences in Specialization in Violence	135	(18)
Alex R. Piquero
Stephen L. Buka
Carrying Guns and Involvement in Crime	153	(16)
Alan J. Lizotte
Trudy L. Bonsell
David McDowall
Marvin D. Krohn
Terence P. Thornberry
Victims of Crime
Victim Categories of Crime Revisited	169	(16)
Simon I. Singer
B. The Criminal in the Arms of the Law
Policing
A Minimum Requirement for Police Corruption	185	(24)
Carl B. Klockars
Maria R. Haberfeld
Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich
Aaron Uydess
Community Policing in Canada: An Evaluation for Montreal	209	(22)
Andre Normandeau
The Wolfgang Legacy on the Intersection of Race and the Death Penalty	231	(8)
Ruth-Ellen M. Grimes
Juvenile Courts
Should the Juvenile Court Survive?	239	(14)
Barry Krisberg
C. The Criminal Under Restraint
Prisons
The Life of Lifers: Wolfgang's Inquiry into the Prison Adjustment of Homicide Offenders	253	(20)
Hans Toch
Truth in Sentencing and Prison Infractions	273	(18)
James J. Collins
Donna L. Spencer
George H. Dunteman
Peter H. Siegel
III. In His Own Voice: Selected Essays
Marvin E. Wolfgang
In His Own Voice	291	(2)
Barry Krisberg
Victim Precipitated Criminal Homicide	293	(14)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
Seeking an Explanation	307	(10)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
Violence, U.S.A., Riots and Crime	317	(20)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
The Social Scientist in Court	337	(16)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
Youth Crime: Sumer and Later	353	(12)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
Crime and Punishment in Renaissance Florence	365	(18)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
We Do Not Deserve To Kill	383	(14)
Marvin E. Wolfgang
Of Crimes and Punishment	397
Marvin E. Wolfgang