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ABSTRACT* * *Journals in criminology and criminal justice have been ranked using subjective techniques to assess journal presitige as well as objective measures intended to assess journal eminence. Two recent studies have resulted in somewhat similar rankings of professional journals although each used distinct methods of data analysis and asked different research questions. This finding suggests that there is a consensus among professionals in the field concerning the importance of particular journals.

Despite a constant secular movement to greater technicality in the journals & the setting up of some very specialized & very technical journals, soc sci journals in the UK are in general marked by 3 characteristics: they address a public the core of which is specialized but which is assumed to contain educated lay readers; the boundaries of their interests are set widely & vaguely; & the length of articles is on the average greater than in, say, US journals. Replies to a questionaire were received from over 40 soc sci journals. A profile is attempted of the typical journal. It appears 3 or 4 times a yr, comprises about 450 pp in each Vol, sells between 2,000 & 5,000 copies. Its single Ed is a constitutional monarch, responsible to a board, an instit, & to the referees whose aid he enlists. There is no direct subsidy; the accounts balance, but they do not reveal the `soc costs' of publication. It publishes special numbers & these sell above the issue average. It carries about 15% of reviews out of its total/sum space. About 25% of its copies go overseas & about 20% of its contributors are foreign. It grinds no ideological axe. Although there is a tendency to technical specialization, it is mediated by the humanist & liberal tradition of British society, & what critics might regard as an amateurish spirit in British thought. Journals are wider in content than in intention. The UK also has weekly reviews of serious concern in the soc sci field. E. Weiman.

"In Understanding Crime Statistics, Lynch and Addington draw on the work of leading experts on U.S. crime statistics to provide much-needed research on appropriate use of this data. Specifically, the contributors explore the issues surrounding divergence in the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which have been the two major indicators of the level and of the change in level of crime in the United States for the past 30 years. This book examines recent changes in the UCR and the NCVS and assesses the effect these have had on divergence. By focusing on divergence, the authors encourage readers to think about how these data systems filter the reality of crime. Understanding Crime Statistics builds on this discussion of divergence to explain how the two data systems can be used as they were intended - in complementary rather than competitive ways""--Publisher's description

Cover -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART ONE: DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTIONS OF CRIME -- 1 Defining Crime and Studying Criminology and Criminal Justice -- 2 Key Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice -- PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING CRIME DATA -- 3 Understanding Crime Data I: Sources of Information -- 4 Understanding Crime Data II: Methods of Data Collection -- PART THREE: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CONTEXT -- 5 The Criminal Justice System and its Processes -- 6 The Police: Gatekeepers to the Criminal Justice Process -- 7 The Prosecution Process: The Courts and Sentencing -- 8 The Prison -- 9 Probation: Community-Based Punishment and Community Justice -- 10 Multi-Agency and 'Joined-Up' Approaches to Criminal Justice Policy -- PART FOUR: THEORIES OF CRIME -- 11 Theories of Crime I: The Individual and Crime -- 12 Theories of Crime II: Society and Crime -- 13 Theories of Crime III: Critical and Deconstructive Perspectives -- Conclusions and Summary -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Subject index -- Index of proper names -- Index of legislation.

The approach of structuralism came to philosophy from social science. It was also in social science where, in 1950–1970s, in the form of the French structuralism, the approach gained its widest recognition. Since then, however, the approach fell out of favour in social science. Recently, structuralism is gaining currency in the philosophy of mathematics. After ascertaining that the two structuralisms indeed share a common core, the question stands whether general structuralism could not find its way back into social science. The nature of the major objections raised against French structuralism – concerning its alleged ahistoricism, methodological holism and universalism – are reconsidered. While admittedly grounded as far as French structuralism is concerned, these objections do not affect general structuralism as such. The fate of French structuralism thus does not seem to preclude the return of general structuralism into social science, rather, it provides some hints where the difficulties may lie.

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The role of the soc sci's within UNESCO is defined by reference to the Org's constitution: it consists principally in widely diffused supporting & servicing activities, though the direct promotion of res & teaching are not excluded. Continuities & discontinuities in the program are discussed in a 20-yr historical perspective. The rationale of the emerging pattern is governed by changes in the membership of States & by an increasing awareness of the importance of infrastructures to econ growth. The orientation of UNESCO's entire effort towards infrastructural factors, notably sci, technology & educ, gives the soc sci's an increasingly responsible & diversified supporting function. The org & structuring of the soc sci program is analyzed, a margin for improvements is suggested, & the more active participation of the community of soc sci'ts at large is discussed. AA.