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Crime and criminals : what should we do about them? / Jack R. Fraenkel.

By: Series: Inquiry into crucial American problemsPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1977.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: vii, 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0131928805.
  • 0131928724
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364 22 FRA
Summary: Considers the history, nature, causes, and effects of crime; how police deal with crime and criminals; and the question of how crime can be eliminated.
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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
2. Has crime always existed
3. What is the nature of crime
1. The ordinary criminal
2. Maxie the goniff- A PROFESSIONAL THIEF
3. ''Gimme a quarter, man''
4. Organize crime
5. The white collar Crook

4. WHAT CAUSES CRIME
1. Behind the rise in crime and terror
2. Attitudes towards crime
3. An Idealist loses his Ideals
4. Black
5. '' I like the money, but I like hear them beg more''

5. HOW SHOULD POLICE DEAL WITH CRIME
1. What police work involves
2. Attitudes towards the police
3. A black Cop's story
4. Danger as a career
5. Police authority and practices

6. CAN CRIME BE ELIMINATED
1. Are our prisons effective
2. What about the death penalty
3. Back up the police
4. What about drugs
5. Gun controls: Indispensable or Irresponsible
Etc.

Considers the history, nature, causes, and effects of crime; how police deal with crime and criminals; and the question of how crime can be eliminated.

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