CRIME PROBLEMS AND CRIME POLICIES - CRIME PROBLEMS IN SCANDINAVIA - TECHNIQUES OF INDIVIDUALIZATION PROCESSES, WHY?

• NCJ Number: 29245
• Author(s): I ANTTILA
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 25 pages
• Corporate Author: Helsinki Institute of Criminology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Finland
• Note: SERIES M-15

Annotation

GENERAL TRENDS IN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND SOCIAL DEFENSE POLICY IN SCANDANAVIA AND A CRITIQUE OF THE AUTOMATIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE IDEA OF INDIVIDUALIZED SANCTIONS.

Abstract

THE CRITIQUE CONCLUDES THAT THE AVERAGE OFFENDER IS NOT A SICK PERSON IN NEED OF PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT PSYCHIATRY OR PSYCHOLOGY TO PROVIDE THE SOLUTIONS TO THE FUNDAMENTAL DILEMMAS OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENAL POLICY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)