MARTINSON REVISITED

• NCJ Number: 31480
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Dated: (JULY 1975) Pages: 133-152
• Author(s): T PALMER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A CLOSE RE-EXAMINATION OF AN ARTICLE BY R. MARTINSON, ENTITLED 'WHAT WORKS - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT PRISON REFORM', WHICH STATES THAT THE REHABILITATIVE EFFORTS SO FAR HAVE HAD ALMOST NO EFFECT ON RECIDIVISM.

Abstract

TO SEE WHETHER MARTINSON'S CONCLUSION ACTUALLY TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE FACTS THAT WERE PRESENTED, THE DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTARY WHICH MARTINSON HIMSELF PROVIDED IN RELATION TO A NUMBER OF RESEARCH STUDIES ARE DISCUSSED. THE ARTICLE AS A WHOLE IS DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS, INTERACTION WITH TREATMENT SETTING, AND THE MATCHING OF WORKER AND YOUTH. SOME TREATMENT METHODS, CONCLUDES THE AUTHOR, ARE OF VALUE TO AT LEAST SOME OFFENDERS.