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100 1 _aBonger, Willem Adriaan,
_d1876-1940
245 1 0 _aCriminality and economic conditions
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-07-28
508 _aJeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Criminality and Economic Conditions" by Willem Adriaan Bonger is a scholarly work situated within the realm of criminology and sociology, written in the early 20th century. This book provides a critical examination of the relationship between economic conditions and criminal behavior, emphasizing the influence of social and economic factors on crime rather than individual culpability. It engages with historical debates on criminality, offering insights that contrast individualistic perspectives with a systemic view influenced by economic inequity. The opening of the text establishes the framework of Bonger’s investigation, which includes a survey of previous literature that discusses how crime is rooted in social constructs and economic disparities. He begins by analyzing historical thoughts from various intellectual figures, such as Thomas More and Jean Meslier, who scrutinized the adverse effects of economic conditions on social behavior. Bonger indicates that mere punitive measures against crime are insufficient without addressing the underlying economic motivations that compel individuals toward criminal acts, thereby setting the stage for a profound discussion that intertwines social justice with economic reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: William Heinemann, 1916
653 _aCrime -- Economic aspects
700 1 _aLindsey, Edward,
_d1872-1943
700 1 _aNorcross, Frank H.
_q(Frank Herbert),
_d1869-1952
700 1 _aHorton, Henry P.
_q(Henry Pomeroy),
_d1869-
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/criminalityecono00bong
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71282
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