CRIME POLICY PLANNING - SOME SELECTED RESEARCH FINDINGS (FROM HOME OFFICE RESEARCH UNIT - RESEARCH BULLETIN N G, 1978)

• NCJ Number: 56001
• Author(s): M SHAW; S BRODY; K HEAL
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Great Britain Home Office
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE REPORTS SELECTED SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH FINDINGS IN THE AREA OF CRIME POLICY PLANNING WHICH HAVE APPEARED SINCE 1976.

Abstract

THE PAPER CONSIDERS PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO POST-1975 LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AND PUBLISHED STUDIES WHICH MAY HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR CRIME POLICY PLANNING. THE FORMER MATERIAL IS DIVIDED BY SUBTOPIC INTO REPORTS ON PROBATION RESEARCH, PRISON RESEARCH, DETERRENCE RESEARCH CRIME PREVENTION, AND POLICING. THE LATTER STUDIES FOCUS ON THE REPORTING OF CRIME AND PUBLIC ORDER QUESTIONS IN THE PRESS, THE ALTERNATIVES TO TREATMENT IN WORK AND TRAINING SCHEMES, AND PUBLICATIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES WHICH RELATE TO THE WORK OF THE COURTS AND THE POLICE. AMONG THE SPECIFIC FINDINGS REPORTED ARE THE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS OF BRITAIN'S COMMUNITY ORDER SCHEME IN PREVENTING RECIDIVISM AND THE SUGGESTION FROM AN OHIO STUDY THAT INCAPACITATION MAKES ONLY A SMALL IMPACT ON THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE. THE USE OF EXTENDED SENTENCES FOR RECIDIVIST OFFENDERS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE BEST OF THE AVAILABLE SENTENCING OPTIONS, ALTHOUGH LITTLE RESEARCH INTO 'DANGEROUSNESS' HAS YET BEEN PUBLISHED. BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED PUBLICATIONS IS PROVIDED. (TWK)