The Modern Approach to Criminal Law

& Co. 1945. Pp.511. Price 21s. This volume is published under the auspices of the Department of Criminal Science of the Faculty of Law in the University of Cambridge, and is an outstanding contribution to the well known series of English Studies issued by the Department. The essays elucidate some of the leading principles of criminal law and indicate the main lines upon which the penal system in this country has developed. They also illustrate the importance of comparative studies in criminal law. The volume is divided into four parts. The first contains a reprint of an essay on the Italian Theory of Crime and is a contribution to the work of Lombroso by the late Professor C. S. Kenny of Cambridge University. Although the essay was written about thirty-five years ago it forms a fitting introduction to the volume, as it is a tribute to its distinguished author and to his subject, and is also a link between the past and the present outlook on Crime and Criminals. Dr. Radzinowicz and Mr. Turner follow with an essay on the meaning and scope of Criminal Science, and introduce its three branches, Criminology, Criminal Policy and Criminal Law, with the precision and lucidity we are accustomed to expect from the authors. The second part of the book is concerned with problems of criminal science and penal administration. The essays deal with Present Trends of English Criminal Policy by L. Radzinowicz; Punishment: (1) An Outline