 | Crime and Family: Selected Essays of Joan McCord Subjects: Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Prevention; Crime -- United States -- Prevention; Family -- United States; Family violence -- United States -- Prevention; Child abuse -- United States; Socialization -- United States; Cambridge-Somerville Youth St; Joan McCord (1930-2004) was one of the most famous, most-respected, and best-loved criminologists of her generation. A brilliant pioneer, Dr. McCord was best known for her work on the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, the first large-scale, longitudinal experimental study in the field of criminology. The study was among the first to demonstrate unintended harmful effects of a well-meaning prevention program. Dr. McCord's most important essays from this groundbreaking research project are among those included in this volume.McCord also co-wrote, edited, or co-edited twelve volumes and authored or co-authored 127 journal articles and book chapters. She wrote across a broad array of subjects, including delinquency, alcoholism, violence, crime prevention, and criminal theory. This book brings her most important and lasting work together in one place for the first time. Joan McCord (1930-2004) was Professor, Department of Criminology, Temple University and Senior Fellow in the Jerry Lee Center for Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She was the Past President of the American Society of Criminology and was awarded the Edwin H. Sutherland Award for Outstanding Contributions to Criminology and the Prix Emile Durkheim for her work in Criminology. Among her many books, she edited Coercion and Punishment in Long-Term Perspectives, Facts, Frameworks, and Forecasts, and Beyond Empiricism and coauthored The Psychopath and Psychopathy and Delinquency. |
