NCJ Number
32613
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 54 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUTUMN-WINTER 1974) Pages: 4-14
Date Published
1974
Length
11 pages
Annotation
IF REHABILITATION IS DEAD AS SOME RESEARCHERS HOLD, THE AUTHORS PROPOSE A REINTEGRATION MODEL WHICH WOULD RELY ON CONTRACT IMPRISONMENT, FLAT-TIME SENTENCES, AND CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES.
Abstract
THE REINTEGRATION MODEL PROPOSED BY THE AUTHORS WOULD MAKE EXTENSIVE USE OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE CONVICTED MAN'S DECISION AS TO WHETHER HE WOULD PREFER PUNISHMENT OR REINTEGRATION. SINCE REINTEGRATION SENTENCES WOULD SPECIFY PRISON INDUSTRY WORK, THE SYSTEM WOULD BE LESS COSTLY THAN REHABILITATION. CERTAIN OFFENDERS WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR REINTEGRATION (FIRST-DEGREE MURDERS, FIREARM OFFENDERS, THIRD-TIME FELONS, RAPISTS, LARGE SCALE DRUG DEALERS, AND PEDOPHILES). OTHER ADVANTAGES OF THE PROPOSED MODEL ARE DISCUSSED.