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PROGNOSIS IN CRIMINOLOGY

NCJ Number
26613
Author(s)
J WOLFF
Date Published
1971
Length
331 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF ANALYZING THE CAUSES AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, PREDICTING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AND PRESCRIBING TREATMENT TO ACHIEVE RESOCIALIZATION IN WEST GERMANY.
Abstract
A METHOD OF CRIMINAL PROGNOSIS IS PRESENTED AND APPLIED FOR PURPOSES OF ILLUSTRATION TO THE CASES OF 143 JUVENILE OFFENDERS CONVICTED IN BERLIN, WEST GERMANY FROM 1955 TO 1958 OF WHOM 89 PERCENT WERE RECIDIVISTS. --IN GERMAN