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SYSTEM OF PENAL JUSTICE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS - SOVIET UNION

NCJ Number
28274
Journal
Annales Internationales de Criminologie Volume: 12 Issue: 1-2 Dated: (1973) Pages: 343-352
Author(s)
V N KOUDRIAVTSEV
Date Published
1973
Length
10 pages
Annotation
BRIEF REVIEW BY THE DIRECTOR OF A SOVIET CRIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BASIC CONCEPTS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TO THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract
CONCEPTS INCLUDE THE USE OF RECIDIVISM STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES OF UNREPORTED CRIME IN MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS. THE USE OF LONG RANGE SOCIAL PLANNING IS A PARTICULAR FEATURE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE SOVIET UNION. --IN FRENCH