NCJ Number
7160
Date Published
1971
Length
445 pages
Annotation
THIS COLLECTION OF ARTICLES AND REPORTS ADDRESSES ITSELF TO THE QUESTIONS SURROUNDING SOCIETY'S HANDLING OF THE CONVICTED OFFENDER.
Abstract
THE CRIMINAL IN CONFINEMENT IS THE FINAL VOLUME OF A SERIES OF BOOKS ON CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. THE EFFECTS OF CONVICTION ARE EXAMINED IN THE FIRST SECTION ALONG WITH THE RATIONALE AND RESULTS OF CONFINEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CANADIAN COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONS SUGGESTS THAT CONVICTIONS FOR MINOR OFFENSES SHOULD BE NULLIFIED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME BUT NOTES SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES INHERENT IN SUCH A PROPOSAL. THE NEXT SECTION DEALS WITH THE MEASUREMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PUNISHMENT AND TREATMENT. THESE ARTICLES RANGE FROM EVALUATIONS OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS THROUGH A REVIEW OF ENGLISH RECIDIVISM RATES. THE LAST SECTION DESCRIBES ATTEMPTS AT DETECTION OF DEVIANCE-PRONE CHILDREN AND COVERS THE METHODS EMPLOYED TO HEAD OFF THEIR TENDENCY TO CRIME. AMONG THE TOPICS TREATED ARE PREDICTION MODELS BASED ON SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND THE NEED TO AVOID STIGMATIZING A CHILD UNNECESSARILY THROUGH INAPPROPRIATE INTERVENTION. (SNI ABSTRACT)