NCJ Number
46507
Editor(s)
D F GREENBERG
Date Published
1977
Length
288 pages
Annotation
CHANGES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF CORRECTIONS AND PUNISHMENT ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS ANTHOLOGY UNDER THE GENERAL TOPICS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOCIAL FUNCTIONS, AND SOCIAL PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH CHANGE OCCURS.
Abstract
SOME NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF CORRECTIONS AND PUNISHMENT ARE PRESENTED, WHILE THE SOCIOLOGICAL MODELS FOR CORRECTIONS PREVALENT IN THE 1950'S ARE CHALLENGED AS TOO STATIC. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE IS SEEN TO BE MORE FLUID, PLURALISTIC, AND INCLUSIVE OF FORCES FROM THE GENERAL SOCIETY OUTSIDE PRISON WALLS THAN PREVIOUS PERSPECTIVES HAD MAINTAINED. IN CONSIDERING THE ACTUAL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF CORRECTIONS AND PUNISHMENT, THE INTEGRITY OF REHABILITATION AIMS BY CORRECTIONAL BUREAUCRACIES IS QUESTIONED, AND THE GROWING EMPHASIS ON INCAPACITATION OR RESTRAINT AS CRIME PREVENTION FUNCTIONS OF CORRECTIONS IS EXAMINED. THE PROCESS BY WHICH CORRECTIONS AND PUNISHMENT REGULATE AND DEREGULATE SOCIAL CONTROL IS EXAMINED, AND THE FORTUNES OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS MOVEMENT ARE CONSIDERED. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER. FOR SELECTED READINGS, SEE NCJ 46508-46517. (RCB)