BASIC ERROR - DEALING WITH INMATES AS THOUGH THEY WERE ABNORMAL

• NCJ Number: 37415
• Author(s): E H JOHNSON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Southern Illinois University Ctr for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections
• Sale Source: Southern Illinois University Ctr for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. REPRINTED FROM FEDERAL PROBATION, MARCH 1971.

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS CRIMINALIZATION OF DEVIANCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CORRECTIONAL WORK WITHIN THE PRISON.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE WAYS IN WHICH LABELING INMATES AS PSYCHOLOGICALLY DISTINCT FROM LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS IMPEDES THEIR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY WITH SOCIAL NORMS AND ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL REINTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY.