NCJ Number
31173
Date Published
1975
Length
45 pages
Annotation
CRITICISM OF THE PAROLE AND PROBATION SYSTEM IN DENMARK ON THE BASIS THAT IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE IN BRINGING ABOUT RESOCIALIZATION AND THAT IT ACTUALLY CONSTITUTES A FORM OF PUNISHMENT BECAUSE OF ITS RESTRICTIVE NATURE.
Abstract
STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED ON VIOLATIONS OF PAROLE AND PROBATION CONDITIONS, AND IT IS ARGUED THAT THE FREQUENT VIOLATIONS INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS INEFFECTIVE. A NUMBER OF QUOTATIONS FROM OFFENDERS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM ARE CITED. THE OFFENDERS ARE CRITICAL OF THE SYSTEM. THE QUESTIONS ASKED ON A QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMITTED TO OFFENDERS WHO HAD GONE THROUGH THE PROBATION AND PAROLE SYSTEM ARE LISTED. --IN DANISH