Citation

Shichor D. J. Crim. Justice 1982; 10(3): 231-237.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(82)90042-3

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Introductory textbooks have an important role in familiarizing people with the subject matter, scope, accumulated knowledge, and general problems of a professional discipline. Therefore, they perform a socializing function for a substantive area of study. A study was conducted to find out which social scientists are most cited in 20 recently published criminology textbooks. The study resulted in a list of 19 names of influential criminologists and some additional findings concerning the