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Book Review: Prison Within Society, L. Hazelrigg (ed.), Doubleday, New York, 1968, 536 pp., $8.95; The Tasks of Penology: A Symposium on Prisons and Correctional Law, H. S. Perlman and T. B. Allington (eds.), University of Nebraska Press, 241 pp., $10.60

Book Review: Prison Within Society, L. Hazelrigg (ed.), Doubleday, New York, 1968, 536 pp.,... AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL Q,F CRIMINOLOGY (1969): 2, 3 students and general readers with a sense prehending rather than merely citing dif­ of the cultural relativity of crime and ferences in crime and delinquency within delinquency. So faras unanalysed com­ settings as varied as those encompassed parative illustrations can provide a step here. G. B. SHARP, in tha t direction, it has an overall ele­ Lecturer in Social Studies, mentary usefulness. But one feels that University of Melboume. the authors wanted to go further and to show that some order might be brought into the comparative study of crime and Prison Within Soclety, L. Hazelrigg delinquency if their varieties and incidence (ed.), Doubleday, New York, 1968, 536 pp., could be tied back to a comparative theory $8.95. of social structure. The Tasks of Penology: A Symposium on The first half of the material presented Prisons .and Correctional Law, H. S. Perl­ is in fact organized in terms of some such man and T. B. Allington (eds.), University framework. It succeeds in surveying facts of Nebraska Press, 241 pp., $10.60. and Interpretations of "deviant" behaviour among Indian, Eskimo and Mexican group­ THESE two books represent additions to ings, in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

Book Review: Prison Within Society, L. Hazelrigg (ed.), Doubleday, New York, 1968, 536 pp., $8.95; The Tasks of Penology: A Symposium on Prisons and Correctional Law, H. S. Perlman and T. B. Allington (eds.), University of Nebraska Press, 241 pp., $10.60

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AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL Q,F CRIMINOLOGY (1969): 2, 3 students and general readers with a sense prehending rather than merely citing dif­ of the cultural relativity of crime and ferences in crime and delinquency within delinquency. So faras unanalysed com­ settings as varied as those encompassed parative illustrations can provide a step here. G. B. SHARP, in tha t direction, it has an overall ele­ Lecturer in Social Studies, mentary usefulness. But one feels that University of Melboume. the authors wanted to go further and to show that some order might be brought into the comparative study of crime and Prison Within Soclety, L. Hazelrigg delinquency if their varieties and incidence (ed.), Doubleday, New York, 1968, 536 pp., could be tied back to a comparative theory $8.95. of social structure. The Tasks of Penology: A Symposium on The first half of the material presented Prisons .and Correctional Law, H. S. Perl­ is in fact organized in terms of some such man and T. B. Allington (eds.), University framework. It succeeds in surveying facts of Nebraska Press, 241 pp., $10.60. and Interpretations of "deviant" behaviour among Indian, Eskimo and Mexican group­ THESE two books represent additions to ings, in the

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Published: Sep 1, 1969

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