NCJ Number
106222
Editor(s)
T Wilson
Date Published
1987
Length
109 pages
Annotation
Six papers provide comparative analyses of juvenile and adult criminal justice policies in the United Kingdom and Poland.
Abstract
Attention is focused on religious, historical, political, social, and cultural factors that have shaped criminal and juvenile policies in both countries. Particular attention is given to those factors that contribute to the child welfare-oriented approach to juvenile offenders in Poland and the trend toward increasing punitiveness toward juveniles in England and Wales. Poland's family court system is described and compared to similar structures in the English system. Differences in Polish and English correctional practices, particularly in the areas of discipline and the greater paramilitarism of Polish prison service, are described. Finally similarities and differences between labor disorders in the two countries in the 1980's are examined in the context of the sociology of deviance and social control. Tables and 115-item bibliography.