DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFENDER

• NCJ Number: 19986
• Journal: Social Service Review Volume: 49 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1975) Pages: 115-121
• Author(s): H CHAIKEN; G R KELLY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFENDERS AND OTHER PRISONERS IN A MINIMUM-SECURITY PRISON UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFENDER.

Abstract

IT WAS FOUND THAT, AS COMPARED WITH OTHER PRISONERS, THOSE WHO ALSO HAD DOMESTIC RELATIONS CONVICTIONS OR CHARGES WERE OLDER, MORE LIKELY TO BE EITHER MARRIED OR DIVORCED, AND PASSIVE IN USING SERVICES; THEY HAD BEEN LESS VIOLENT IN THEIR CRIMINAL OFFENSES, WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND TO HAVE RECEIVED A LESS THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE TIME OF INCARCERATION, AND WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE LOW JOB SKILLS. IT IS NOTED THAT BOTH CORRECTIONS AND PUBLIC WELFARE AGENCIES APPEAR TO DEAL UNSUCCESSFULLY WITH THE DOMESTIC OFFENDER. THE AUTHORS RECOMMEND THAT AT THE LEVEL OF PRACTICE, DOMESTIC OFFENDERS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND HELPED, AND THAT AT THE POLICY LEVEL, INTEGRATION OF PLANNING BY CORRECTIONS AND PUBLIC WELFARE AGENCIES SHOULD OCCUR. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)