Crime in New York City as Affected by the War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14829594 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry Willbach (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1945 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 371 |
| Publication date | 1945-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-2731 • E-ISSN: 2160-0015 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1138233 |
| OpenAlex | W13536791 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The state of war like any other rapid and marked disturbance from the previously accepted pattern produces vast changes in the economy of a nation and in the emotional outlet of the population. The spirit and the activities that predominate in times of peace undergo drastic changes with the conversion to war time living. Values and even philosophies that were previously considered normal are almost torn up by their roots and are replaced by other standards that are accepted with an alacrity that amazes and astounds almost all segments of the population and more especially those who in peace time are irked by the slowness with which new ideas are accepted and by their frangmentary execution. In this transformation, this changing of values and philosophies, this directing of energy and purpose into new and comparatively strange channels, the social life of the community is in a state of imbalance due to the time lag between the discarding of the old and the utilization of the new
Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · History
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |