CHANGING CLASSIFICATION ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS 1870-1970 (FROM AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CORRECTION - SEE NCJ-02840)

• NCJ Number: 10105
• Author(s): V FOX
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT ACA MEETING, CINCINNATI, OH, OCT 11-15, 1970

Annotation

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFENDER CLASSIFICATION IN EUROPE AND AMERICA FROM THE 16TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT.

Abstract

CLASSIFICATION BY INSTITUTIONS BEGAN EARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. CLASSIFICATION AS A MEANS OF TREATMENT IS A MIDDLE 20TH CENTURY DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THE GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION, THE THRUST HAS BEEN TO DEVELOP A DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT COULD BRING WHATEVER TREATMENT RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE TO THE CORRECTIONAL CLIENTS WHO WERE THE INMATES IN PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)