IDEAS WHICH HAVE MOVED CORRECTIONS - (FROM CRIME AND JUSTICE, 1970-1971, 1972, BY J SUSMAN - SEE NCJ-27315)

• NCJ Number: 27338
• Author(s): P P LEJINS
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS MADE IN THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM FROM 1870 TO 1970.

Abstract

CORRECTIONAL FUNCTIONS AND TECHNIQUES IN 1870 ARE EXAMINED AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE HUMANITARIAN METHODS OF REHABILITATION DISCUSSED. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY BASED AND JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS IS REVIEWED. SUGGESTIONS FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO THE COMPILATION AND EVALUATION OF CORRECTIONS STATISTICS ARE SET FORTH.