NCJ Number
47922
Date Published
1978
Length
1001 pages
Annotation
THE ARTICLES IN THIS ANTHOLOGY DEAL WITH THE POLICE, JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION, RATIONALES OF LEGAL INTERVENTION, THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE PRISON INMATE COMMUNITY, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS FORMS OF CORRECTIONS.
Abstract
THE VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN SECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION CONCERNS THE POLICE AND INCLUDES ARTICLES ON IDEOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY, DRAMATIC ASPECTS OF POLICING, THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF ARREST, HOW THE POLICE SOLVE CRIMES, FIELD INTERROGATION, VICE WORK, CRIMINAL INTERROGATION, LIE DETECTORS, DIMENSIONS OF POLICE LOYALTY, THE KNAPP COMMISSION REPORT ON POLICE CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION IN A SMALL CITY, THE IMPACT OF PREVENTIVE POLICE PATROLLING, AND PRIVATE POLICE IN THE U.S. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE COVERED IN THE SECTION ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE: COURTROOM ENCOUNTERS, JUSTICE IN A TRAFFIC COURT, THE HANDLING OF JUVENILES IN COURT, PRETRIAL DETENTION ALTERNATIVES, PROBLEMS WITH BAIL, PLEA BARGAINING, THE BEHAVIOR OF GRAND JURIES, THE PRACTICE OF LAW AS A CON GAME, JUROR SELECTION, TRUTH AND TESTIMONY, THE TRIAL OF A RAPE CASE, THE AMERICAN JURY SYSTEM, PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS AND JURY DECISIONS, ANALYZING POSTARREST DISPOSITIONS, AND EXTRALEGAL ATTRIBUTES AND CRIMINAL SENTENCING. IN THE THIRD SECTION RATIONALES OF LEGAL INTERVENTION ARE EXAMINED WITH ATTENTION TO PUNISHMENT AND DETERRENCE, CERTAINTY AND SEVERITY OF PUNISHMENT, DETERRING THE DRUNK DRIVER, EXECUTIONS IN AMERICA, PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, INCAPACITATION OF THE DANGEROUS OFFENDER, AND DECRIMINALIZATION OF CONSENSUAL HOMOSEXUALITY. THE NEXT PORTION OF THE BOOK CONCERNS CUSTODIAL INSTITUTIONS; ARTICLES CONCERN COED PRISONS, CONJUGAL VISITING, INMATE RULES, THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF PRISONERS, AND PRISON FURLOUGHS. THE FIFTH SECTION CONSIDERS THE PRISON COMMUNITY WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO THE INFORMAL INMATE SOCIAL STRUCTURE, INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS IN A SIMULATED PRISON, GUARD-INMATE RELATIONSHIPS, GAMES INMATES PLAY, THE INMATE CODE IN A HALFWAY HOUSE, THE LANGUAGE OF PRISON LIFE, PRISON RACKETS, WOMEN'S PRISON FAMILIES, SOCIAL TYPES AMONG INMATES, SOCIAL TYPES AMONG BLACK PRISONERS, STRATIFICATION AND CONFLICT AMONG PRISON INMATES, THE PAINS OF IMPRISONMENT, THE IMPACT OF CONFINEMENT, AND ESCAPES AND ESCAPE ATTEMPTS. SECTION SIX DEALS WITH INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS, INCLUDING THE ETHICS OF PRISONER EXPERIMENTATION, INTERPERSONAL MATURITY LEVEL (I-LEVEL) AND THE REHABILITATION OF DELINQUENTS, COST EFFECTIVENESS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROGRAMMING, ASSESSING GROUP COUNSELING EFFECTS, PLASTIC SURGERY ON OFFENDERS, BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION WITH DRUGS, LIMITATIONS OF BEHAVIOR CONTROL TECHNIQUES, LEGAL REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME SERVED AND RELEASE PERFORMANCE, IMPRISONMENT AND RECIDIVISM, THE IRRELEVANCE OF CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS, AND THE FINDINGS OF THE MARTINSON REPORT. THE LAST SECTION CONCERNS NONINSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT AND INCLUDES ARTICLES ON PROBATION EFFECTIVENESS, THE DECISION TO GRANT PAROLE, THE PAROLE BOARD HEARING, THE PREDICTION OF PAROLE BEHAVIOR, COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROJECTS, AN EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING TO DISCOURAGE CRIME, ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND BEHAVIOR CONTROL, AND THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONS. TABULAR AND GRAPHIC DATA ARE PROVIDED. MANY READINGS ARE FOLLOWED BY REFERENCES. FOR SELECTED ARTICLES, SEE NCJ-16536, 25522, 28067, 28241, 28925, 29288, 31480, 34746, 37092, 37759, 40055-40056, 41667, 41813, 45182, 45876, 46550, 47923-47953. (KBL)