NCJ Number
53170
Date Published
1978
Length
208 pages
Annotation
THIS SECOND IN A SERIES OF TRANSLATIONS OF DOCUMENTS IN THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE DATA BASE FOCUSES ON POSTADJUDICATORY DISPOSITIONS IN EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA, CANADA, AND JAPAN.
Abstract
THE FIRST THREE TRANSLATIONS DEAL WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF DEATH PENALTY PROVISIONS IN THE 1969 POLISH PENAL CODE (NCJ-49488), A SUMMARY OF A SPEECH FAVORING THE ELIMINATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN FRANCE (NCJ-49499), AND A STUDY OF THE STATUS OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PENAL CODES OF SELECTED LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES (NCJ-46777). THE FOLLOWING FOUR TRANSLATIONS DISCUSS INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT AND REFORM IN THE PRISON SYSTEMS OF FINLAND, DENMARK, AND THE NETHERLANDS. EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES AT GOVERNMENT PRISONS IN DENMARK ARE EXAMINED (NCJ-49461), ALONG WITH THE EVOLUTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DUTCH PENAL SYSTEM (NCJ-49493), PROBLEMS FACING FOREIGN PRISONERS IN THE NETHERLANDS (NCJ-49478), AND FINNISH PENAL SYSTEM REFORMS WHICH STRESS CRIME PREVENTION, COST EFFECTIVENESS, NORMALIZING THE PRISON EXPERIENCE, REHABILITATION, AND FITTING THE PUNISHMENT TO THE CRIME (NCJ-49500). THE NEXT FIVE TRANSLATIONS REVIEW INMATE REHABILITATION EFFORTS, WITH ATTENTION TO REHABILITATION IN JAPANESE PRISONS (NCJ-49800), PRISONER RESISTANCE TO GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY IN JAPAN (NCJ-35222), THE ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL THERAPEUTIC FACILITIES IN WEST GERMANY (NCJ-52062 AND 52063), AND THE PROBLEMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF SOCIAL THERAPY OF WOMEN PRISONERS AT LUEBECK, WEST GERMANY (NCJ-49464). FOLLOWING TRANSLATED ARTICLES ON THE UNJUST NATURE OF FEMALE JUVENILE DETENTION IN CANADA (NCJ-49495) AND THE SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF JUVENILE CONFINEMENT IN WEST GERMANY (NCJ-43550), FOUR TRANSLATIONS PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO PROBATION BY FOCUSING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A THERAPEUTIC HOME FOR PRISONERS IN WEST GERMANY (NCJ-49484), THE ROLE OF WEST GERMAN PROBATION OFFICERS (NCJ-49481), A WEST GERMAN STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF PROBATION ON FURTHER CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR (NCJ-49470), AND SWISS PENAL CODE PROVISIONS FOR ASSISTING EX-OFFENDERS (NCJ-49490). THE REMAINING TRANSLATIONS INCLUDE REPORTS OF TWO STUDIES ON THE ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS OF LIFE PRISONERS WHO WERE PARDONED AND RELEASED IN WEST GERMANY (NCJ-49469 AND 49468), A STUDY OF RECIDIVISM IN POLAND (NCJ-20499), AND FOUR SELECTIONS DISCUSSING ALTERNATIVES TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN WEST GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, AND POLAND (NCJ 49482, 49479, 49476, AND 36284).