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Law, Order and Liberty in South Africa by AS. Mathews. University of California Press (2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, California 94720), 1972, 318 pp., hardcover-$15.00. Written by the dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Durban, South Africa, this book isa critical analysis and discussion of South Africa’s controversial internal security laws. It is number seven in the series, Perspectives on Southern Africa. The work is divided into three main sections. Part I, the Rule of Law, reassesses the nature and importance of this doctrine as the foundation of free and just societies as it is understood in western political and legal thought. Part II, South African Internal Security Legislation, measures South Africa’s internal security laws against the principles discussed in Part I, and in relation to South Africa’s unique social and political background. Part III, Freedom, Order and the Democratic Society, compares the present South African political system with the ideal of the western liberal-democratic tradition of government. An index, bibliography, table of cases, and table of sta tutes are included in addition to a preface and general introduction.
Horse to Helicopter: First Century of the Atlanta Police Department by William J. Mathias and Stuart Anderson. Community Life Publications (Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303), 1973, 192 pp., paperback-$5.95. The authors, a professor of criminal justice at Georgia State University and a doctoral student m history at the Claremont Graduate School, state that they have written this book to help fill the need for documented historical material in the field of criminal justice. This work, therefore, traces the development of Atlanta law enforcement not just from the actual beginnings of the police department in 1873 but from the appointment of the first town marshal in 1844. The six chapters are organized in chronological order: The Antebellum Marshals; The Horse and the Billy Club; Coping with Prosperity, Depression, and War; The Era of Reform; and theTurbulent Sixties. Appendixes include: a chronology from 1837-1972; Marshals and Deputies, 1844-1873; Chiefs of Police; Personnel, Expenditures, and .Arrests, 1837-1971; and Murder. Rape and Burglary, 1895-1971. A bibliography is also included.
Crime and Justice edited by Leon Radzinowicz and Marvin E. Wolfgang. BasicBooks, Inc. (404ParkAvenueSouth,New York,New York 10016),. 1971,3vols.,515pp.,703pp., 445 pp., respectively, hardcover-$37.40 the set. Leon Radzinowicz and Marvin E. Wolfgang, the editors of these works, are Director of the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law at the University of Pennsylvania, respectively. These three volumes are intended to present a collection of the more significant works in the fields of crime, criminal justice, and correctional practice that would provide a reservoir of material for teachers in law schools, social and behavioral sciences, and police academies. The material is divided into three volumes. The first is concerned with crime as a part of society; the second with that part of the social response to crime embodied in the official law enforcement agencies; and the third with the treatment of the convicted offenders. Volume I, the Criminal in Society, is divided into five parts: Deviant Behavior and Criminal Sanctions, the Extent and Measurement of Crime, Some Categories of Crimes and Criminals, Social
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Explanations: Crime in General, and Social Explanations: Juvenile Delinquency. Volume II, the Criminal in the Hands of the Law, is divided into three parts: Purposes of Penal Sanctions, the Police, and Judicial Decision-Making Processes. Volume III, the Criminal in Confinement, is divided into three parts also: The Deprivation of Liberty, Effectiveness of Punishment and Treatment, and Identifying and Predicting Offenders, Each of the volumes includes an introduction to serve as a general guide to the contents of the volume. Each volume also contains an index.
Ghetto Revolts edited by Peter H. Rossi. Transaction Books (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903), 1950, 321 pp., paperback-$2.95. Number 16 in the Transaction Book series, this collection was edited by Peter H. Ross&a professor in the Department of Social Relations of the John Hopkins University and Director of Research at the Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research. All of the essays in the book were originally published in Society (Transactionj Magazine. The collection of essays examines the causes and characteristics of, and the reactions to the ghetto revolts of the 1960s. More specifically, it deals with the socioeconomic conditions in northern urban ghettos that are the basic causes of disorders, the institutions that provide services to the ghetto, and the distinctions between revolts, riots, revolutions, and rebellions. The thirteen articles are divided into four sections: Causes and Complaints, Why Riots Occur, Reactions: Masses and Officials, and Do Black Mayors Make the Difference?
The Realities of Crime and Punishment by Fred T. Wilkerson with Fred DeArmond. The Mycroft Press (2043 South Scenic Ave. Springfield, Missouri 65804), 1972, 270 pp., hardback-$7.95. Subtitled a “Prison Administrator’s Testament,” this book was written by a former Deputy Director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and Director of Missouri’s Department of Corrections. The book is primarily a collection of the personal experiences, thoughts, and philosophies of the author accumulated over his thirty-four years in prison work. A partial list of topics discussed in the twenty-four chapters includes: size of the problem, penology, social attitudes, female offenders, education and work therapy, mental health, religious therapy, probation and parole, law and the courts, the death penalty, local jail, escapes, prison jargon, discipline, sanctions, physical health, and institutional input. Each chapter contains a list of sources. The book contains photographs and an index is included.
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Law, Order and Liberty in South Africa by AS. Mathews. University of California Press (2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, California 94720), 1972, 318 pp., hardcover-$15.00. Written by the dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Durban, South Africa, this book isa critical analysis and discussion of South Africa’s controversial internal security laws. It is number seven in the series, Perspectives on Southern Africa. The work is divided into three main sections. Part I, the Rule of Law, reassesses the nature and importance of this doctrine as the foundation of free and just societies as it is understood in western political and legal thought. Part II, South African Internal Security Legislation, measures South Africa’s internal security laws against the principles discussed in Part I, and in relation to South Africa’s unique social and political background. Part III, Freedom, Order and the Democratic Society, compares the present South African political system with the ideal of the western liberal-democratic tradition of government. An index, bibliography, table of cases, and table of sta tutes are included in addition to a preface and general introduction.
Horse to Helicopter: First Century of the Atlanta Police Department by William J. Mathias and Stuart Anderson. Community Life Publications (Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303), 1973, 192 pp., paperback-$5.95. The authors, a professor of criminal justice at Georgia State University and a doctoral student m history at the Claremont Graduate School, state that they have written this book to help fill the need for documented historical material in the field of criminal justice. This work, therefore, traces the development of Atlanta law enforcement not just from the actual beginnings of the police department in 1873 but from the appointment of the first town marshal in 1844. The six chapters are organized in chronological order: The Antebellum Marshals; The Horse and the Billy Club; Coping with Prosperity, Depression, and War; The Era of Reform; and theTurbulent Sixties. Appendixes include: a chronology from 1837-1972; Marshals and Deputies, 1844-1873; Chiefs of Police; Personnel, Expenditures, and .Arrests, 1837-1971; and Murder. Rape and Burglary, 1895-1971. A bibliography is also included.
Crime and Justice edited by Leon Radzinowicz and Marvin E. Wolfgang. BasicBooks, Inc. (404ParkAvenueSouth,New York,New York 10016),. 1971,3vols.,515pp.,703pp., 445 pp., respectively, hardcover-$37.40 the set. Leon Radzinowicz and Marvin E. Wolfgang, the editors of these works, are Director of the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law at the University of Pennsylvania, respectively. These three volumes are intended to present a collection of the more significant works in the fields of crime, criminal justice, and correctional practice that would provide a reservoir of material for teachers in law schools, social and behavioral sciences, and police academies. The material is divided into three volumes. The first is concerned with crime as a part of society; the second with that part of the social response to crime embodied in the official law enforcement agencies; and the third with the treatment of the convicted offenders. Volume I, the Criminal in Society, is divided into five parts: Deviant Behavior and Criminal Sanctions, the Extent and Measurement of Crime, Some Categories of Crimes and Criminals, Social
CLRRENT
PUBLICATIONS
A BSTRACT
93
Explanations: Crime in General, and Social Explanations: Juvenile Delinquency. Volume II, the Criminal in the Hands of the Law, is divided into three parts: Purposes of Penal Sanctions, the Police, and Judicial Decision-Making Processes. Volume III, the Criminal in Confinement, is divided into three parts also: The Deprivation of Liberty, Effectiveness of Punishment and Treatment, and Identifying and Predicting Offenders, Each of the volumes includes an introduction to serve as a general guide to the contents of the volume. Each volume also contains an index.
Ghetto Revolts edited by Peter H. Rossi. Transaction Books (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903), 1950, 321 pp., paperback-$2.95. Number 16 in the Transaction Book series, this collection was edited by Peter H. Ross&a professor in the Department of Social Relations of the John Hopkins University and Director of Research at the Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research. All of the essays in the book were originally published in Society (Transactionj Magazine. The collection of essays examines the causes and characteristics of, and the reactions to the ghetto revolts of the 1960s. More specifically, it deals with the socioeconomic conditions in northern urban ghettos that are the basic causes of disorders, the institutions that provide services to the ghetto, and the distinctions between revolts, riots, revolutions, and rebellions. The thirteen articles are divided into four sections: Causes and Complaints, Why Riots Occur, Reactions: Masses and Officials, and Do Black Mayors Make the Difference?
The Realities of Crime and Punishment by Fred T. Wilkerson with Fred DeArmond. The Mycroft Press (2043 South Scenic Ave. Springfield, Missouri 65804), 1972, 270 pp., hardback-$7.95. Subtitled a “Prison Administrator’s Testament,” this book was written by a former Deputy Director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and Director of Missouri’s Department of Corrections. The book is primarily a collection of the personal experiences, thoughts, and philosophies of the author accumulated over his thirty-four years in prison work. A partial list of topics discussed in the twenty-four chapters includes: size of the problem, penology, social attitudes, female offenders, education and work therapy, mental health, religious therapy, probation and parole, law and the courts, the death penalty, local jail, escapes, prison jargon, discipline, sanctions, physical health, and institutional input. Each chapter contains a list of sources. The book contains photographs and an index is included.