IS THE INMATE CULTURE A DELINQUENT CULTURE (FROM SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY, V 5, 1974 BY NILS CHRISTIE - SEE NCJ-26769)

• NCJ Number: 26776
• Author(s): F BALVIG
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: Netherlands Ministerie Van Justitie
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Norway
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

STUDY OF ATTITUDES AMONG INMATES IN THREE DANISH BORSTALS REVEALING THE EXISTENCE OF A PRO-DELINQUENT AND A NOT-DELINQUENT CULTURE WITHIN THE PRISONS.

Abstract

FINDINGS INCLUDE THAT DELINQUENCY IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY AND INTERACTION SEEMS FAR MORE DECISIVE THAN DELINQUENCY IN TERMS OF ATTITUDES IN DETERMINING IN WHICH PART OF THE CULTURE AN INMATE IS TO BE FOUND.