CORRECTIONS - HELPING OR HINDERING (FROM WORLD CONGRESS OF CRIME PREVENTION - PROCEEDINGS, 1975 BY JACK FOSTER AND WILBUR RYKERT - SEE NCJ-34314)

• NCJ Number: 34317
• Author(s): J BRAITHEWAITE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Crime Prevention International, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CRITICAL LOOK AT PRISONS AND TREATMENT PRACTICES TO DETERMINE THE NECESSITY OF PRISONS AND THE PLACE OF REHABILITATION IN CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHY.

Abstract

THE PURPOSES OF PRISON AND THE ACTUAL FUNCTIONING OF THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS ARE REVIEWED. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS A REDEFINITION OF THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS.