ABSTRACT

This book is about the law and order issue, and the role social scientists have played in legitimating it as a problem of grave social consequences. It is a study on rising crime rates and criminal behaviour within the limits of conventional social science, with its advantages and disadvantages.

part I|127 pages

General Theories of Crime, Law and Sanctions

chapter Chapter 1|13 pages

Law, Order and Sociology

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

The Origins of the Conflict– Consensus Debate

chapter Chapter 3|45 pages

The Debate in the Nineteenth Century

chapter Chapter 4|47 pages

Twentieth-Century Resolutions

part II|116 pages

Testing General Theories

chapter Chapter 5|39 pages

Theory Testing with the Nation-State

chapter Chapter 6|41 pages

England and Wales as a Test Case

chapter Chapter 7|34 pages

Law and Order in Canada

part III|36 pages

The State of the Subject

chapter Chapter 8|26 pages

The Debate on Methodology: Positivism and Praxis

chapter Chapter 9|8 pages

Conclusions