(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1987) Klein, Julie Thompson; Bailis, Stanley; Miller, Raymond C.
In its modern form Criminology has had over one hundred years to
assume a truly interdisciplinary nature, yet the dominant approach remains
discipline-based. However, as the field of Criminology has evolved, the
dominant discipline has shifted from medicine and psychology to sociology.
The general rejection by sociologists of contributions from other fields seems
based not only on normal disciplinary chauvinism, but also on a strongly held
normative view that social conditions are more responsible for crime than
innate individual differences.