NCJ Number
18108
Date Published
1975
Length
231 pages
Annotation
EXAMINES THE PROBLEMS AND COMPLEXITIES OF MAKING A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RELEVANT TO A CHANGING SOCIETY WITH A MULTIPLICATION OF AGENCIES REQUIRING MORE AND MORE SOCIOECONOMIC REGULATION.
Abstract
THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS TRACED FROM ITS CONCEPTUAL ORIGINS IN ENGLAND THROUGH THE NINETEENTH AND INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES. THE MACHINERY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE MODERN CITY IS DISCUSSED AND OBSTACLES TO IMPROVEMENT ARE NOTED. THE AIMS OF A PROGRAM OF IMPROVEMENT ARE SEEN TO BE A DEVELOPMENT OF PREVENTIVE JUSTICE, SYSTEMATIZED INDIVIDUALIZATION IN THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS, AND A BALANCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL SECURITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE.