Sociology and the Stereotype of the Criminal

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1968 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> Chapter 1 Chapter One Introduction; Chapter 2 Chapter Two The Stereotype of the Criminal and the Strategy of Social Investigation; Chapter 3 CHAPTER THREE Social Class and the Differential Distribution of Immunity; Chapter 4 CHAPTER FOUR The Actions of the Police and the Courts as Causal in Relation to Crime; Chapter 5 CHAPTER FIVE The Role of the Victim in Crime; Chapter 6 CHAPTER SIX Behaviour and Approval; Chapter 7 CHAPTER SEVEN The Prison, and the Criminal as Scapegoat; Chapter 8 CHAPTER EIGHT The Stereotype of the Criminal and Sociology; REFERENCES; Author Index; Subject Index;