Urbanism As Delinquency: Compromising the Agenda for Social Change

This book addresses the contemporary ideological conflict among professionals, both academics and practitioners, as to the appropriate response toward criminal and juvenile justice offender populations. Since the mid-seventies there has been a philosophical debate among the hard-liners and the born again liberals over delivery of a just desserts model for the deviant within our population. Still others cling to the correctional practice history of humane intervention. This monograph attempts to reconcile a few of the current rguments, where the lack of agreement over philosophy has so heavily impacted upon strategical and tactical implementation of public policy contingencies. Contents: Foreword; The Setting; The Supporting Cast; The Protagonist; The Plot; The Audience; Epilogue; References.