CRIME AND ITS CORRECTION - AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES

• NCJ Number: 2334
• Author(s): J P CONRAD
• Date Published: 1965
• Length: 312 pages
• Sale Source: University of California Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL METHODS USED IN TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS.

Abstract

AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS FROM PUNISHMENT TO REHABILITATION. CORRECTIONAL PATTERNS ARE VIEWED FOR THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, THE NETHERLANDS, SCANDINAVIA, AND THE SOVIET UNION. A RATIONAL PRACTICE IS SET FOR CLASSIFICATION, TREATMENT, AND ORGANIZATION IN CORRECTIONS. ISSUES ARE RAISED REGARDING THE CLIENT, THE INSTITUTION, FIELD SERVICE, THE FUTURE OF PUNISHMENT, AND EVALUATING CORRECTIONAL SERVICE.