LOOK AT THE DANGEROUS OFFENDER AND SOCIETY'S EFFORT TO CONTROL HIM

• NCJ Number: 40986
• Journal: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CORRECTION Volume: 39 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARYFEBRUARY 1977) Pages: 25,30-31
• Author(s): R A FREEMAN; S DINITZ; J P CONRAD
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES ONE PHASE OF A MULTI-PHASE STUDY INVESTIGATING THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF DANGEROUS OFFENDERS AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO CONTROL THEM.

Abstract

THIS PHASE OF THE STUDY INVOLVED AN INTENSIVE SURVEY OF PRISONERS HELD IN ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION, BASED ON EIGHT YEARS OF INFORMATION ON THESE PRISONERS AT THE WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY AT WALLA WALLA AS WELL AS RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO THE WARDENS OF 70 REPRESENTATIVE STATE PRISONS. THE RESULTS LED THE AUTHORS TO CONCLUDE THAT MUCH MORE CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE FOR VIOLENT OFFENDERS IN PRISON THAN IS PRESENTLY DONE....EB