NCJ Number
3010
Date Published
1968
Length
16 pages
Annotation
A DECLINE IN THE LENGTH OF TIME SERVED FOR VARIOUS CRIMES IS EXPLORED BY PROVIDING A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF TIME SERVED BY INMATES OVER A TWENTY YEAR PERIOD.
Abstract
THE ANALYSIS HAS INDICATED THAT SOCIETY'S REACTION TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IS NOT AS SEVERE IN THIS DECADE AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS TWO. INCARCERATION LENGTH FOR MOST OFFENDERS HAS DECREASED CONSIDERABLY. THE DOMINANT EMPHASIS ON ISOLATING THE OFFENDER FROM THE COMMUNITY IS BEING GRADUALLY REPLACED WITH A GREATER FOCUS ON REINTEGRATION OF THE CRIMINAL INTO SOCIETY.