Developments in Crime and Crime Control Research

1 Limits of General Deterrence: The Case of Juvenile Delinquency.- Theoretical Frame of Reference.- Research Design and Methods.- Results.- Discussion.- 2 Attribution Theory and Deterrence Research: A New Approach to Old Problems.- Attribution Theory and Deterrence Theory.- Methods.- Findings.- Conclusion.- 3 Offenses by Prisoners on Leave of Absence: A Representative Study from Lower Saxony.- Introduction: The Prison System in the Federal Republic of Germany.- Leave of Absence.- Representative Study in the Lower Saxony Prison System on Offenses by Prisoners on Leave of Absence.- Summary and Conclusions.- 4 Sexuality, Violence, and Emotional Aftereffects: A Longitudinal Study of Victims of Forcible Rape and Sexual Deviance in Cases Reported to the Police.- Main Questions of the Study, Methodology, and Crime Numbers.- Results of the Study.- Consequences.- 5 Victim Compensation in Some Western Countries.- Program Objectives.- The Scope of the Schemes.- Evaluation of the Compensation Programs.- Concluding Remarks.- 6 Fear of Crime and Its Relationship to Directly and Indirectly Experienced Victimization: A Binational Comparison of Models.- Fear of Crime: Some General Considerations.- Research on Fear of Crime in Germany.- The Study: International Comparative Victim Surveys.- Methods and Data.- Multivariate Analysis and Findings.- Discussion.- Conclusions.- 7 Do People Really Want Punishment? On the Relationship between Acceptance of Restitution, Needs for Punishment, and Fear of Crime.- Methods.- Findings on Attitudes.- Findings on Fear of Crime and Attitudes.- Concluding Remarks.- 8 Fines in the Criminal Justice System.- The Fine as Criminal Penalty: Problems and Promises.- Fines in the Sentencing Process.- Choice of Fines among Criminal Sanctions.- Collection and Enforcement of Fines.- Is Fining Offenders a Superior Device?.- Conclusion.- 9 Multiple Offending.- General Counting Problems: Suspects versus Individuals Suspected of Crime.- Particular Research Studies: Data and Methods.- Multiple Offending Among Different Age Groups.- The Path from Multiple Offending to Criminal Careers.- Discussion and Concluding Remarks.- References.