Life Style and Criminality: Basic Research and Its Application: Criminological Diagnosis and Prognosis

Detailed Table of Contents.- I Object and Methods.- 1 Starting Point and Aim.- 2 Design of the Study.- 3 Investigative Procedure.- 4 Evaluation of the Data.- II Results in the Separate Areas.- 1 Preliminary Remarks.- 2 The Social Spheres.- 3 Somatic, Psychiatric, and Psychological Aspects.- 4 The Sphere of Delinquency.- 5 Survey of the Individual Findings.- III Complex, Overall View.- 1 Methodological Considerations.- 2 Comparison of Ideal-typical Behavior of O- and G-Subjects.- 3 Comparisons in the Cross Section.- 4 Comparisons in the Longitudinal Section.- 5 Patterns of Relevance and Value Orientation.- 6 Summary: The Unity of the Offender in the Context of His Social Relationships.- IV Applied Criminology — The Method and Criteria of Criminological Diagnosis and Prognosis.- 1 Importance and Range.- 2 The Criminological Assessment of Individual Cases.- 3 General Explanations on the Presentation of a Criminological Assessment.- Appendix - The Criminological Assessment of a Case.- 1 Survey of Personal Record.- 2 Information from the Records and Direct Investigations.- 2.1 General Social Behavior.- 2.1.1 Childhood and Child Rearing (Family of Orientation).- 2.1.2 The Sphere of Abode.- 2.1.3 The Sphere of Performance.- 2.1.4 The Sphere of Leisure.- 2.1.5 The Sphere of Contacts.- 2.1.6 Alcohol and Drug Consumption.- 2.2 The Sphere of Delinquency.- 2.2.1 Previous Offenses, Convictions, and Sentences Served.- 2.2.2 Last Offenses.- 2.3 Orientation in Life.- 3 Data Analysis.- 3.1 The Analysis of the Longitudinal Section of Life.- 3.1.1 Behavior in the Various Social Spheres.- 3.1.1.1 Child Rearing.- 3.1.1.2 The Sphere of Abode and Living.- 3.1.1.3 The Sphere of Performance.- 3.1.1.4 The Sphere of Leisure.- 3.1.1.5 The Sphere of Contacts.- 3.1.2 The Sphere of Delinquency.-3.2 The Analysis of the Cross Section of Life.- 3.2.1 O-Criteria.- 3.2.2 G-Criteria.- 3.3 Patterns of Relevance and Value Orientation.- 3.3.1 Patterns of Relevance.- 3.3.2 Value Orientation.- 4 The Criminological Diagnosis.- 4.1 Assessment on the Basis of the Criteria of Reference of the Criminological Triad.- 4.2 “Special Aspects” in the Life of the Offender, Particularly in View of Prognosis and Interventions.- 5 Conclusions in View of Prognosis and Interventions.- References.