The Growth of Crime: The International Experience
/ Leon Radzinowicz
- England: Penguin Books, 1977
PART I World Currents of Crime I THE RELENTLESS UPSURGE IN CRIME New levels of recorded crime The persisting thread of violence The growing pressures The rise of crime amongst women The growing involvement of the young The ethnic component The blurring of class differences 2 THE EXPANDING DARK FIGURE OF CRIME Getting away with murder Offences of vast obscurity Motives for silence Selective impunity: the varying chances of escape Probing the darkness The proliferation of unrecorded crime Some unanswered questions PART II Explaining Crime 3 IDEOLOGIES AND CRIME Liberal approach Positivist approach Sociological approach