NCJ Number
29546
Journal
SERVICE SOCIAL Volume: 20 Issue: 2, 3 Dated: (JULY-DECEMBER 1971) Pages: 5-88
Date Published
1971
Length
84 pages
Annotation
REPEAT PETTY OFFENDERS AND REPEAT SOCIAL WELFARE CLIENTS CONSTITUTE TWO SUB-TYPES OF THE SAME SOCIOLOGICAL TYPE OF MALADJUSTED PERSONALITY.
Abstract
THE PAPER ARGUES THAT IT IS UNJUST TO IMPRISON THE OFFENDER AND PROVIDE AID FOR THE INDIGENT CLIENT WHEN HIS BEHAVIORS ARE IN REALITY MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. PROVIDED ARE A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN CANADA TO DEMONSTRATE THE BASIC SIMILARITY OF THE TWO GROUPS. --IN FRENCH