NCJ Number
26776
Date Published
1974
Length
19 pages
Annotation
STUDY OF ATTITUDES AMONG INMATES IN THREE DANISH BORSTALS REVEALING THE EXISTENCE OF A PRO-DELINQUENT AND A NOT-DELINQUENT CULTURE WITHIN THE PRISONS.
Abstract
FINDINGS INCLUDE THAT DELINQUENCY IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY AND INTERACTION SEEMS FAR MORE DECISIVE THAN DELINQUENCY IN TERMS OF ATTITUDES IN DETERMINING IN WHICH PART OF THE CULTURE AN INMATE IS TO BE FOUND.