CORRECTIONAL RESEARCH AND CORRECTIONAL DECISION-MAKING SOME PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

• NCJ Number: 19547
• Journal: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY (JULY 1969) Pages: 110-122
• Author(s): F J CARNEY
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

RESEARCH LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRESCRIPTIVE PENOLOGY COULD MAKE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO CORRECTIONAL DECISION-MAKING, THE DEVELOPMENT OF INMATE TYPOLOGIES, AND THE REFINEMENT OF THEORIES OF CRIMINALITY.

Abstract

THIS EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND DECISION-MAKING IS BASED PRIMARILY ON EXPERIENCE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, WHERE A PROGRAM OF EVALUATIVE AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH WAS RECENTLY ESTABLISHED. RESEARCH FINDINGS HAVE NOT BEEN READILY INCORPORATED INTO THE DECISION-MAKING CONTEXT, PARTICULARLY WHERE FINDINGS HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR CHANGES THAT DO NOT JIBE WITH THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OR ORIENTATIONS OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS. WHAT SEEMS TO BE NECESSARY IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESEARCH ORIENTATION WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL SETTING WHEREIN RESEARCH WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF THE OVERALL CORRECTIONAL ENTERPRISE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)