Mugging As a Social Problem
In: Routledge Revivals Series
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: General Introduction -- Background -- Reasons for Carrying Out the Study -- Part I -- 2: Some Definitions -- Theft, Robbery and the Law -- Mugging -- Definitions and the Present Study -- 3: The Attitudes of Society -- Public Conception of Robbery -- The Mass Media -- Sentencing Policy -- 4: Statistics in Theory and in Practice -- The 'Dark Figure' of Crime -- The Crime Statistics -- The Statistics Relating to Robbery and Mugging -- 5: A Study of Mugging in London During the 1970s -- Muggings Described -- Summary of Results -- Comparison with Other Studies -- Part II -- 6: Theories of Deviance -- Social Ecology -- Delinquency and Deprivation -- Problems of Definition -- Relative Deprivation in the London Borough of Lambeth -- 7: Race -- The Statistics -- Historical Background -- The West Indian in Britain -- Responses to Racial Tensions -- The Second Generation -- 8: Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Facts -- Causes -- Meaning -- Some Possible Solutions -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Sections Dealing with Robbery in the Principal Acts Concerned with Larceny and Related Offences -- Appendix 2: Robbery -- Appendix 3: Tables of Results -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
