NCJ Number
28838
Journal
BULLETIN DE ADMINISTRATION PENITENTIARE Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Dated: (MARS-AVRIL 1974) Pages: 115-124
Date Published
1974
Length
10 pages
Annotation
PROPOSAL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION IN BELGIUM WHICH DIFFERS FROM PROBATION IN THAT THE OFFENDER IS CONCEIVED OF AS A PSYCHOSOCIALLY HANDICAPPED PATIENT WHO COMMITTED HIS OFFENSE AS A RESULT OF HIS CONDITION.
Abstract
TREATMENT FOR THE OFFENDER WOULD BE DETERMINED AND CARRIED OUT BY A PANEL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE SPECIALISTS AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS WOULD BE BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON SOCIAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BACKGROUND AND NEEDS OF THE PATIENT. --IN FRENCH