IMPACT OF THE YOUTH CENTER ON FIRST-TERMERS, PHASE 3

• NCJ Number: 2442
• Author(s): J D Spevacek; S Adams
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 40 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE EXPERIENCE OF INCARCERATION AS PERCEIVED BY NINE YOUTHS SERVING THEIR FIRST ADULT COMMITMENT.

Abstract

THE INCARCERATION WAS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S YOUTH CENTER, A TREATMENT-ORIENTED INSTITUTION FOR YOUTHS AGED 18-26 YEARS. TO SECURE DATA FOR THE SERIES OF STUDIES, THE YOUTHS WERE INTERVIEWED DURING THEIR FIRST MONTH AT THE YOUTH CENTER, AT THE MID-POINT OF THEIR TERM, AND NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER RELEASE. METHODOLOGY, INMATE PERCEPTIONS INSTITUTIONS AND STAFF, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REPORTED. STATISTICAL DATA IS INCLUDED.