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MY CREATE-A-CRIMINAL KIT

NCJ Number
32093
Author(s)
G P WITTMAN
Date Published
1975
Length
9 pages
Annotation
EXAMINES SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR OF TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHICH MAY ACT AS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY WHICH INDUCES OR ENCOURAGES CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR RESPONSES, PARTICULARLY IN THE YOUNG, POOR, AND DISADVANTAGED.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR WARNS CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL THAT INMATES SHOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST THIS KIND OF LABELING.