SOME FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF CORRECTION (FROM PRISON - STUDIES IN INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION AND CHANGE EDITED BY D. R. CRESSEY - SEE NCJ-02358

• NCJ Number: 6963
• Author(s): C SCHRAG
• Date Published: 1961
• Length: 49 pages
• Corporate Author: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CHAPTER 8, P 309-357

Annotation

A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PRISON COMMUNITIES BY UTILIZING THEORIES RELATED TO THE CONCEPTS OF CULTURE, SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE SOCIAL SELF.

Abstract

THEORETICAL FORMULATION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CORRECTIONAL PROBLEMS AND POLICIES MUST CONSOLIDATE THE FUNCTIONS OF THEORY AND BE SUPPORTED BY VALID EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. THE AUTHOR TRACES THE ORIGIN OF CONTEMPORARY THEORY AND INDICATES CHANGES IN THE MEANING AND INTERCONNECTION OF THE CONCEPTS OF CRIME, CULTURE, SOCIETY AND SOCIAL SELF. IT IS PROPOSED THAT CRIMINOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE CAN BE ORGANIZED AROUND THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN THESE CONCEPTS. A TYPOLOGICAL SYSTEM, BASED ON THIS ASSUMPTION, WAS CONCEIVED. IT IMPLEMENTED SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS DESCRIPTIVE OF INMATE AND STAFF BEHAVIOR AND WAS TESTED AGAINST EVIDENCE FROM A SERIES OF INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THE SYSTEM'S UTILITY IN THE ANALYSIS OF PRISON COMMUNITIES AND POTENTIAL FOR ANALYSIS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IN GENERAL. AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED