Canadian Journal of Criminology articles from July 1993

Canadian Journal of Criminology archives from July 1993

The impact of financial performance on frequency of corporate crime: a latent variable test of strain theory.
July 1, 1993... Introduction Just over forty years ago, ground-breaking work by Sutherland (1949) focused attention on corporate crime. His research informed us that corporate offenses cannot be explained by individual pathology, and that any search...

Young persons' comprehension of waivers in criminal proceedings.
July 1, 1993... Over the past several decades there has been an increase in concern for children's legal and constitutional rights. The child welfare movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries focuscd on children's rights to be cared for and nurtured,...

The homeless inmate in a maximum security prison setting. (Canada)
July 1, 1993... Within the past two decades, the increased awareness of homeless people in our society has resulted in a strengthened mandate for research investigating the causes and consequences of homelessness. Although research into homelessness has been...

Canadian Criminology: Perspectives on Crime and Criminality.
July 1, 1993... This collection contains several insightful articles. Taken as a whole, however, its relativistic stance and incomplete description of the sociological model that informs most contributors' views on deviance and social control leave room for...

Examination of Witnesses in Criminal Cases, 2d ed.
July 1, 1993... Earl J. Levy has been established for many years as a gifted and respected criminal defence counsel. In Examination of Witnesses, he has distilled his knowledge and experience into a systematic treatment of criminal advocacy. It should be of...

Criminology: A Reader's Guide.
July 1, 1993... This reader's guide is a useful and welcome addition to Canadian criminological literature and an excellent tool for researchers and students in criminology. As a guide to the literature on the various topics it covers, it more than meets its...

Working Girls: Prostitutes, Their Lives and Social Control.
July 1, 1993... Working Girls, Prostitutes, Their Lives and Social Control by Roberta Perkins. Canberrra: Australian Institute of Criminology. 1991. "This treatise is another addition to a very much overburdened literature on the subject of prostitution"....

Vigilantism and the State in Modern Latin America: Essays on Extralegal Violence.
July 1, 1993... When the demand for authority was not satisfied by officially constituted mechanisms, James L. Petigru observed in 1858, extralegal forms arise, justified by the claim that they provide a remedy not obtainable by law. He was making reference to...

Special Topics in Policing.
July 1, 1993... The nine topics that have been chosen for discussion in this book, the author tells us in the preface, constitute "a broad spectrum of critical issues that the police encounter". He also tells us that they have been selected because they...

What Works in Policing?
July 1, 1993... The title of the book, "What works in policing?", carries the promise of an objective evaluation of police practices and procedures. The book contains far more than that. Each chapter provides an historical analysis of the practices and...