Discovery of hidden crime: self-report delinquency surveys in criminal policy context

Presents a history of the self-report crime survey as a method of criminological inquiry, describing how, during the 1930s and 1940s, a handful of US and European criminologists discovered the method, thus providing researchers witha powerful analytical tool and changing the way crime itself was seen. Discovery of Hidden Crime presents a history of the self-report crime survey as a method of criminological inquiry, describing how it was born within a distinct moral framework by pioneers out to show that crime was very prevalent and, therefore, normal.This books recounts how, during the 1930s and 1940s, a handful of US criminologists discovered the method of the self-report delinquency survey - a method used to ask people directly about their crimes. Previously, criminologists hadto rely on official statistics produced by the police and other control authorities; their studies were therefore constrained by the 'official control barrier', which perpetuated the notion that crime was linked to the lowest social strata and/or to psychologicalabnormality. By confronting the domination of psychiatrists and psychologistsin the study of crime, criminologists began to challenge the punitive attitudes of society; thus, exposing the so-called white collar offenders and alerting people to see crime as something that could also be found among themiddle and upper classes.Expounding both the history of that discovery and its implications for criminological work, past and present, this book offers a fascinating perspective onhow criminology has developed, and how it continues to advance amid the twin pressures of facts and policy goals. INDICE: Introduction Key Concepts Contours of the Battlefield Discovery ofHidden Crime Deployment of Hidden Crime Studies in the Nordic Area ConcludingDiscussion

• ISBN: 978-0-19-963919-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 216
• Fecha Publicación: 13/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés