IMPRISONMENT IN CANADA - A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

• NCJ Number: 35051
• Author(s): M S CROSS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: John Howard Soc of Ontario
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERIES 1, NO 6.

Annotation

THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS IN POLICIES ON IMPRISONMENT IN THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY (THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF CANADIAN PENAL INSTITUTIONS) ARE REVIEWED AND COMPARED WITH SOME MORE RECENT ASSUMPTIONS.

Abstract

CONSIDERED ARE CORRECTIONAL THEORIES ABOUT THE POWER OF IMPRISONMENT TO DETER, THE USE OF REPRESSIVE PUNISHMENT FOR REHABILITATIVE PURPOSES, AND THE VALUE OF INMATE EDUCATION AND CONSTRUCTIVE WORK PROGRAMS.