NCJ Number
14607
Date Published
1974
Length
382 pages
Annotation
LOOKS CRITICALLY AT MANY OF THE LEADING STUDIES AND RESEARCH PROJECTS DEALING WITH PROBLEMS OF THE OFFENDER.
Abstract
FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION OF CRIME, SOCIAL ATTITUDES, AND CAUSATION THEORIES, THE AUTHORS FOCUS ON PROBATION AND PAROLE. OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE PUNISHMENT VS. TREATMENT, PROBLEMS AND ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS, TREATMENT MODALITIES - PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, SCHOOLS OF CASEWORK AND THERAPY, AND GROUP THERAPIES - TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE. CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE TREATMENT AND THE NATURE OF CRIMES SUCH AS DRUG ADDICTION, SEXUAL OFFENSES, AND CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. COMMENTS ARE MADE ON ALCOHOLISM AND CRIME AND CRIME AND MARITAL PROBLEMS. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE THE SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY OF GAMBLING, CURRENT TRENDS IN TREATING THE CRIMINAL OFFENDER, AND RESEARCH IN CORRECTIONS.