TO MY BROTHER WHO DID A CRIME ... FORMER PRISONERS TELL THEIR STORIES IN THEIR OWN WORDS

• NCJ Number: 13680
• Author(s): B HABENSTREIT
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 251 pages
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

HIGHLIGHTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH INDIVIDUALS RELEASED ON PAROLE TO COLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK.

Abstract

FOLLOWING AN INTRODUCTION DESCRIBING THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AT THE BROOKLYN CENTER OF LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY FOR INDIVIDUALS PAROLED FROM PRISON AND THE SELECTION OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS INTERVIEWS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL (MOST OF WHOM WERE DRUG OFFENDERS). THESE INTERVIEWS REVIEW EACH PARTICIPANT'S CRIMINAL HISTORY, PROGRESS IN THE PROGRAM, AND GOALS. THE CONCLUSION GIVES AN OVERALL SUMMARY OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE PAROLEES' EXPERIENCES.