FANTASY AND FORCE - A STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED OFFENDER

• NCJ Number: 5311
• Journal: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW, CRIMINOLOGY AND POLICE SCIENCE Volume: 61 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1970) Pages: 71-77
• Author(s): B S BROWN; T F COURTLESS
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Williams and Wilkins Co
• Publication Format: Article

Annotation

COMPARISON OF AGGRESSIVENESS SCORES OF MENTALLY RETARDED AND NON-RETARDED INMATES.

Abstract

RETARDED INMATES IMPRISONED FOR SERIOUS CRIMES SHOWED LESS AGGRESSIVENESS THAN EXPECTED. MANY ARE IMPRISONED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT IDENTIFIED AS RETARDED AT THE TRIAL STAGE AND BECAUSE ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION WERE LIMITED. RETARDED INMATES ARE GIVEN NO MEANINGFUL TREATMENT AND TRAINING IN PRISON.