NCJ Number
11966
Date Published
1971
Length
401 pages
Annotation
LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF A GROUP OF MEN CONVICTED IN THE BOROUGH OF READING (ENGLAND) IN THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR.
Abstract
WITHIN THE SAMPLE ARE MEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE WHOLE RANGE OF OFFENCES BOTH NON-INDICTABLE AND INDICTABLE, FROM CARELESS DRIVING TO CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND ROBBERY. SOME WERE IMPRISONED WHILE OTHERS WERE FINED OR SUFFERED OTHER LESS SEVERE PENALTIES. THE AUTHORS INVESTIGATED THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONVICTION FOR THESE MEN OVER AND ABOVE THE LEGAL PENALTIES. THEY WERE ABLE TO OBSERVE THEM FROM THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT FOR A PERIOD OF A YEAR OR MORE AFTERWARDS. THEY LOOK AT THE EFFECTS ON FAMILY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, ON EMPLOYMENT, AND ON THE GENERAL SOCIAL STABILITY OF THE CONVICTED MEN. THEY ALSO DESCRIBE THE HELP THE OFFENDERS RECEIVED AND LOOK AT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUBSEQUENT RECONVICTION FOR VARIOUS GROUPS OF OFFENDERS. MUCH OF THE MATERIAL WAS GATHERED IN A SERIES OF FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS WITH THE CONVICTED MEN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)