1st Edition

The Criminology of Edwin Sutherland

By Mark S. Gaylord Copyright 1988
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Edwin Sutherland is the acknowledged father of American criminology. This is the first full-length analysis of his work and his person. Unlike the European schools of criminology, which sought to locate deviant behavior within the deep structures of the economy, Sutherland eschewed such explanations in favor of proximate and observable causes. He located the sources of crime in the association and... Read more
Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction l. Edwin H. Sutherland's Legacy 2. The University of Chicago, 1906-1913 3. Sutherland's Early Career, 1913-1926 4. Sutherland's Mid-Career, 1926-1929 5. The Emergence of the Theory 6. The Development of the Theory 7. Conclusion Methodological Note Bibliography Index

Biography

Edwin Sutherland is the acknowledged father of American criminology. Mark S. Gaylord is senior lecturer in sociology at the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. John F. Galliher is professor of sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia. He has written extensively in the area of criminology.