NCJ Number
29640
Date Published
1975
Length
362 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF FIVE ARTICLES AND REPORTS RESULTING FROM A PROJECT DESIGNED TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE IN THE AREAS OF CRIME DETERRENCE, CRIMINAL CAREERS, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUNISHMENT AND REHABILITATION.
Abstract
AMONG THE SPECIFIC TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF PUNISHMENT, ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PUNISHMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS RELEVANT TO DETERRENCE, AND A SURVEY OF ECONOMETRIC LITERATURE ON DETERRENCE. ALSO PRESENTED ARE AN ANALYTICAL INTRODUCTION TO RESTRAINT AND INCAPACITATION, AND A CRITICAL SURVEY OF CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT STUDIES IN SCANDANAVIA. APPENDED ARE A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS, AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY FUNDS FROM THE CRIME DETERRENCE AND OFFENDER CAREER PROJECT.