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INCARCERATION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS - PLACEMENT IN A SOCIALTHERAPEUTIC INSTITUTION AS A MEASURE FOR ENDANGERED YOUNG OFFENDERS

NCJ Number
26755
Author(s)
U GUMMEL
Date Published
1972
Length
168 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF THE LAW OF OCTOBER 1973 INSTITUTING THIS SPECIAL MEASURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN DANGER OF BECOMING HABITUAL OFFENDERS, AND A CRIMINOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE OFFENDERS FOR WHOM IT IS LIKELY TO BE INVOKED.
Abstract
THE CRIMINOLOGICAL STUDY INCLUDES STATISTICS ON THE BACKGROUNDS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS OF THE OFFENDERS BEING STUDIED. SOME CASE HISTORIES ARE INCLUDED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL MEASURE IS PARTLY PREVENTIVE AND PARTLY REHABILITATIVE. --IN GERMAN