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When, in the turmoil of my daily occupation, I received an invitation, several months ago, from several hundred students of this famous university, to give them a brief summary, in short special lectures, of the principal and fundamental conclusions of criminal sociology, I gladly accepted, because this invitation fell in with two ideals of mine. These two ideals are stirring my heart and are the secret of my life. In the first place, this invitation chimed with the ideal of my personal life, namely, to diffuse and propagate among my brothers the scientific ideas, which my brain has accumulated, not through any merit of mine, but thanks to the lucky prize inherited from my mother in the lottery of life. And the second ideal which this invitation called up before my mind's vision was this: The ideal of young people of Italy, united in morals and intellectual pursuits, feeling in their social lives the glow of a great aim. It would matter little whether this aim would agree with my own ideas or be opposed to them, so long as it should be an ideal which would lift the aspirations of the young people out of the fatal grasp of egoistic interests. Of course, we positivists know very well, that the material requirements of life shape and determine also the moral and intellectual aims of human consciousness. But positive science declares the following to be the indispensable requirement for the regeneration of human ideals: Without an ideal, neither an individual nor a collectivity can live, without it humanity is dead or dying. For it is the fire of an ideal which renders the life of each one of us possible, useful and fertile. And only by its help can each one of us, in the more or less short course of his or her existence, leave behind traces for the benefit of fellow-beings. The invitation extended to me proves that the students of Naples believe in the inspiring existence of such an ideal of science, and are anxious to learn more about ideas, with which the entire world of the present day is occupied, and whose life-giving breath enters even through the windows of the dry courtrooms, when their doors are closed against it.



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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Independent Women's Forum, Feminist Theory, Feminist School of Criminology, Female Education, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Female Public Intellectuals, Feminist Political Ecology, Feminist Theory in Composition Studies, Feminist Geography, Feminism in International Relations, P.h.t.. Excerpt:A Public Intellectual can be defined as somebody who uses his or her intellect to work, study, reflect, speculate on or ask and answer questions about a wide variety of ideas. Though the term 'public intellectual' has traditionally remained non gender specific it continues historically to be a role predominantly occupied by men. As a result of this, there continues to remain a distinct absence of notable female public intellectuals active within the public sphere and consequently the intellectual history of women has tended to remain undervalued and discredited. There are a number of explanations for the lack of female public intellectuals as compared to their male counterparts. These explanations address issues such as institutionalized discrimination within the academy , the problems which arise from female intellectuals who strongly advocate feminist ideology and theory and the impact of the media and academy in the conceptualization of 'woman as her body'. Women and the Academy The traditional exclusion of women from the public sphere and from contributing to or initiating discourse as public intellectual can be seen to stem from, as well as parallel, the exclusion and discrimination of women within the academic field. The origin of this discrimination lies in the power relations existing both in universities and other higher education establishments, which historically have facilitated the institutionalization of notions of hegemonic masculinity . This means tha... ... Read more

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In these two tendencies you have a photographic reproduction of the two schools of criminology. The classic school, which looks upon the crime as a juridical problem, occupies itself with its name, its definition, its juridical analysis, leaves the personality of the criminal in the background and remembers it only so far as exceptional circumstances explicitly stated in the law books refer to it: whether he is a minor, a deaf-mute, whether it is a case of insanity, whether he was drunk at the time the crime was committed. ... Read more

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Survival During The Great Depression
Interesting book on a family of brothers involved in crime in the 30's.This is a pretty famous book in the history of The Chicago School of Criminology. Most of the crimes are petty in nature. The research and methodologies were kind of groundbreaking, I guess. I plan on reading the other books in the series.

The thing that struck me the most was how the children resorted to crime just to SURVIVE during The Great Depression. A lot of the crimes were for begging. The children would beg for food to help feed their family.

If your are into criminology and sociology, this is a pretty good book.

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The Positive School of Criminology - Three Lectures Given at the University of Naples, Italy on April 22, 23 and 24, 1901 is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Enrico Ferri is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Enrico Ferri then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, published by Northwestern University, School of Law on March 22, 2009. The length of the article is 13683 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: A key component of the "school to prison pipeline" is the constant presence of police officers in schools. School resource officers, though employed by the school district rather than the police department, should be treated legally as police officers, requiring them to follow commonly accepted standards of police conduct in investigating and interrogating crime in schools. This approach is better for all players in the school discipline scene: school officials, police officers and, most importantly, students.

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Title: When is a police officer an officer of the law?: the status of police officers in schools.
Author: Peter Price
Publication: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2009
Publisher: Northwestern University, School of Law
Volume: 99Issue: 2Page: 541(30)

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In these two tendencies you have a photographic reproduction of the two schools of criminology. The classic school, which looks upon the crime as a juridical problem, occupies itself with its name, its definition, its juridical analysis, leaves the personality of the criminal in the background and remembers it only so far as exceptional circumstances explicitly stated in the law books refer to it: whether he is a minor, a deaf-mute, whether it is a case of insanity, whether he was drunk at the time the crime was committed. ... Read more

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Substantially revised and expanded edition of theoriginal text. There is no other in text that explains so clearly andsuccinctly the essential elements of radical criminology... TheJournal of Criminal Law and Criminology said of the First Edition:``...remarkably comprehensive and thorough in its coverage of radical,as well as much 'traditional' literature...' ... Read more

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The study of place has recently gained prominence in new work by sociologists and criminologists. Neighborhoods, Schools, and Violence furthers this evolution of the merger of social disorganization theories and opportunity theories in explaining the crime potential of place. Specifically looking at data from Prince George's County, Maryland, author Caterina Roman cogently utilizes the criminal opportunity framework to examine the influence of schools on neighborhood variations in the rates of violence. Roman's research seeks to answer, What are the contributions of routine activity and social disorganization to block-level violence?, and How does the presence of schools change the relationship between opportunity and violence? Criminologist, sociologists, and any one interested in temporal and spatial aspects of crime opportunity, will find this volume an invaluable tool. ... Read more

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All across the United States, from urban areas to suburbs and rural districts, children are carrying weapons to school—as many as 100,000 guns every day, according to a recent Department of Justice report. School Violence focuses on the current situation regarding violence in schools, including theories of violence, the availability of weapons to children, the legal system, and preventive measures, both physical and sociological, now being taken to curb and eliminate the critical problem of school violence.