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CURRENT PUBLICATION ABSTRACTS
The book is divided into seven chapters based on the communications model developed by David K. Berlo: the communications source, the encoder, the messages, the channels of communication, the decoder, and the receiver. A final chapter contains recommendations and prescriptions. Four appendixes include the two survey questionnaires, the survey return rates, and specialized literature listed as channels of information about court decisions. (OSB)
Managing the State Courts by Larry C. Berkson, Steven W. Hays, and Susan J. Carbon. West Publishing Company (50 Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102), 1977, 366 pp., softcover--$7.95. State court management is a relatively recent, emerging area of interest. Until 1971 texts were not available on the subject. Since that time a large quantity of primary material has been published in law, legal, and criminal justice periodicals. The relevant material is collected into one, readily accessible text. Special material, on which little has been written, was specifically solicited from original contributors. The authors also contributed a group of articles. The volume is divided into eleven topic areas containing pertinent articles in each area. Each article is preceded by a headnote briefly outlining its contents. Because of space limitations, for articles that have already been published, citations to the original publication are found at the bottom of the original page of the article, and footnotes have been omitted. (OSB)
Forcible Rape: The Crime, the Victim, and the Offender by Duncan Chappell, Robley Geis, and Gilbert Geis. Columbia University Press (562 West l l3th Street, New York, New York 10025), 1977, 393 pp., hardcover--$15.00. The editors of this book have compiled a variety of articles written on the subject of forcible rape. The book deals only with the rape o f adult women, contending that homosexual and child rapists take on different psychological characteristics from those of rapists o f women. Although the authors have studied the crime of rape since the late 1960s, popularity of the subject did not come about until the W o m e n ' s Movement, in 1960, began questioning the treatment accorded rape victims. The editors concern themselves with the feminist's view of forcible rape, studies conducted by the social and psychological world, and the legal aspects of rape. The book also deals with racism and sexism as causes for rape, and the psychological effect rape has on women. Studies on the rape trauma syndrome, crisis intervention with victims, and the Philadelphia Rape Victim Project are included in the book for a better under'standing of the victim of forcible rape. The articles in this book c o v e r various aspects of rape. There are eighteen chapters, and some of the topics include: Rape and Rape Law: Sexism in Society and Law; Race, Rape, and the Death Penalty; Judicial Attitudes Toward Rape Victims; Michigan's Criminal Sexual Assault Law; and the Psychology of Rapists. Authors of the chapters include: Susan Griffin, Camille E. LeGrand, Edward Sagarin, and Carol Bohmer. Be-
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cause of the massive amount of material written about rape in the past five years, Faith Fogarty compiled a selective bibliography for the reader and researcher interested in the subject. (JLC)
Criminal Justice: Organization, Structure, and Analysis by David Duffee, Frederick Hussey, and John Kramer. Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632), 1978, 531 pp., hardcover-$14.95. This book is intended for the student of criminal justice. The authors are concerned about the relationship between a college education and a possible career in criminal justice. Therefore, they seek to impart the basic terminology, technology, and the fundamental issues along with the operations and management of the juvenile and criminal justice system. Their book is presented in four parts. Parts I and IV describe and analyze different views and future directions of the criminal justice systems within the context of community structure. There is a brief examination of general and specific goals and values as they shape the functions of the agencies responsible for crime prevention, investigation, apprehension, prosecution, defense, conviction, sentencing and dispositional alternatives. Part II is a traditional description of the police, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice agencies. Present functions are described; current issues and problems are identified. The authors feel that Part III represents a significant departure from most introductory texts. This section presents an analysis of the internal operations of each of the agencies described in Part II. From this, a model is developed where outcomes of processes can be predicted. An index is included. (SMK)
Forecasting Crime Data by James Alan Fox. Lexington Books (D.C. Heath and Company, 125 Spring Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173), 1978, 140 pp., hardcover--$14.95. Most statistical analyses of crime data have examined past crime trends. So that future developments may be considered, the author uses a simultaneous equation model of national crime trends leading to the generation of forecasts. He first notes the inadequacy of present methods for understanding crime data. The author then develops models that describe exogenous variables relating to crime rates, such as law enforcement measures, demographics, size of police force, arrest rates, etc. He provides an explanation for the use and development of simulataneous equation models for interrelating these variables. In addition, because many criminologists are not familiar with econometric modeling, two of ten chapters explain basic econometric principles. Other sections outline the procedures for estimating the parameters of the model, technical and substantive concerns, and forecasts through the year 2000 for numerous variables, including police expenditures, total crime rate, and clearance rates for violent and property crime. There are sixty pages of appendixes, notes, references and an index. Included are
CURRENT PUBLICATION ABSTRACTS
The book is divided into seven chapters based on the communications model developed by David K. Berlo: the communications source, the encoder, the messages, the channels of communication, the decoder, and the receiver. A final chapter contains recommendations and prescriptions. Four appendixes include the two survey questionnaires, the survey return rates, and specialized literature listed as channels of information about court decisions. (OSB)
Managing the State Courts by Larry C. Berkson, Steven W. Hays, and Susan J. Carbon. West Publishing Company (50 Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102), 1977, 366 pp., softcover--$7.95. State court management is a relatively recent, emerging area of interest. Until 1971 texts were not available on the subject. Since that time a large quantity of primary material has been published in law, legal, and criminal justice periodicals. The relevant material is collected into one, readily accessible text. Special material, on which little has been written, was specifically solicited from original contributors. The authors also contributed a group of articles. The volume is divided into eleven topic areas containing pertinent articles in each area. Each article is preceded by a headnote briefly outlining its contents. Because of space limitations, for articles that have already been published, citations to the original publication are found at the bottom of the original page of the article, and footnotes have been omitted. (OSB)
Forcible Rape: The Crime, the Victim, and the Offender by Duncan Chappell, Robley Geis, and Gilbert Geis. Columbia University Press (562 West l l3th Street, New York, New York 10025), 1977, 393 pp., hardcover--$15.00. The editors of this book have compiled a variety of articles written on the subject of forcible rape. The book deals only with the rape o f adult women, contending that homosexual and child rapists take on different psychological characteristics from those of rapists o f women. Although the authors have studied the crime of rape since the late 1960s, popularity of the subject did not come about until the W o m e n ' s Movement, in 1960, began questioning the treatment accorded rape victims. The editors concern themselves with the feminist's view of forcible rape, studies conducted by the social and psychological world, and the legal aspects of rape. The book also deals with racism and sexism as causes for rape, and the psychological effect rape has on women. Studies on the rape trauma syndrome, crisis intervention with victims, and the Philadelphia Rape Victim Project are included in the book for a better under'standing of the victim of forcible rape. The articles in this book c o v e r various aspects of rape. There are eighteen chapters, and some of the topics include: Rape and Rape Law: Sexism in Society and Law; Race, Rape, and the Death Penalty; Judicial Attitudes Toward Rape Victims; Michigan's Criminal Sexual Assault Law; and the Psychology of Rapists. Authors of the chapters include: Susan Griffin, Camille E. LeGrand, Edward Sagarin, and Carol Bohmer. Be-
CURRENT PUBLICATION ABSTRACTS
93
cause of the massive amount of material written about rape in the past five years, Faith Fogarty compiled a selective bibliography for the reader and researcher interested in the subject. (JLC)
Criminal Justice: Organization, Structure, and Analysis by David Duffee, Frederick Hussey, and John Kramer. Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632), 1978, 531 pp., hardcover-$14.95. This book is intended for the student of criminal justice. The authors are concerned about the relationship between a college education and a possible career in criminal justice. Therefore, they seek to impart the basic terminology, technology, and the fundamental issues along with the operations and management of the juvenile and criminal justice system. Their book is presented in four parts. Parts I and IV describe and analyze different views and future directions of the criminal justice systems within the context of community structure. There is a brief examination of general and specific goals and values as they shape the functions of the agencies responsible for crime prevention, investigation, apprehension, prosecution, defense, conviction, sentencing and dispositional alternatives. Part II is a traditional description of the police, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice agencies. Present functions are described; current issues and problems are identified. The authors feel that Part III represents a significant departure from most introductory texts. This section presents an analysis of the internal operations of each of the agencies described in Part II. From this, a model is developed where outcomes of processes can be predicted. An index is included. (SMK)
Forecasting Crime Data by James Alan Fox. Lexington Books (D.C. Heath and Company, 125 Spring Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173), 1978, 140 pp., hardcover--$14.95. Most statistical analyses of crime data have examined past crime trends. So that future developments may be considered, the author uses a simultaneous equation model of national crime trends leading to the generation of forecasts. He first notes the inadequacy of present methods for understanding crime data. The author then develops models that describe exogenous variables relating to crime rates, such as law enforcement measures, demographics, size of police force, arrest rates, etc. He provides an explanation for the use and development of simulataneous equation models for interrelating these variables. In addition, because many criminologists are not familiar with econometric modeling, two of ten chapters explain basic econometric principles. Other sections outline the procedures for estimating the parameters of the model, technical and substantive concerns, and forecasts through the year 2000 for numerous variables, including police expenditures, total crime rate, and clearance rates for violent and property crime. There are sixty pages of appendixes, notes, references and an index. Included are