Is a Crime Wave Coming?


By Thorsten Sellin,
Editor, Annals American Academy of Politics and Social Science

Contents

Introduction

  • It’s plausible, but is it true?

What Is Crime?

  • How do we deal with these complications?
  • Who is a criminal?
  • How about crime waves?

What Causes Crime?

  • Slums aren’t the only crime breeders

How Does War Affect Crime?

  • The male is more deadly than the female
  • Along came the draft
  • The men who stayed at home

What Happened During World War II?

  • What do these figures mean?
  • Women and crime
  • How about juvenile delinquency?

What Is Likely to Happen Now?

  • What kind of world will you come home to?

What Can We Do about It?

  • What about the long-range problem?
  • Can we do anything about moral standards?
  • How about social sanitation?
  • What about our courts and jails?
  • Summing up

To the Discussion Leader

  • What can the discussion leader do?
  • What type of discussion is best?
  • Handbooks that may be helpful
  • Questions are the lifeblood of discussion
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