PREVENTION OF CRIME IN MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES - SOME INNOVATIONS IN CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS

• NCJ Number: 9784
• Author(s): J HACKLER; M SUELZLE
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 62 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: University of Alberta
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: PROCEEDINGS OF THE BANFF CONFERENCE ON DEVIANCE AND CONTROL, ALBERTA, CANADA, JUNE 21-23, 1967

Annotation

A SERIES OF ARTICLES WITH SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CHANGES WHICH WERE TAKING PLACE IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS IN 1967, PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

NEW POINTS OF VIEW FROM WHICH TO UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT CHANGES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE DISCUSSED. VARIOUS PERIODS IN THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS ARE INDIVIDUALLY OUTLINED IN ORDER TO INDICATE THE CHANGES WHICH A MORE SOCIOLOGICAL ORIENTATION HAS EVOKED. ONE ARTICLE DEALS WITH INCENTIVES FOR THE ALTERATION OF OFFENDER BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE MANIPULATION OF PEER GROUP PRESSURES IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF METHODOLOGIES ARE EXPLORED. SOME RESEARCH APPROACHES ARE CROSS-CULTURAL AND COMPARATIVE, SOME STUDY THE OFFENDER, SOME STUDY THE OFFENSE, AND STILL OTHERS CONCENTRATE ON TYPES OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. ADDITIONAL PAPERS AT THE END OF THE VOLUME CONTAIN SUGGESTIONS FOR CONCRETE REFORMS IN CHILD-REARING, CORRECTIONAL EXPERIMENTS, AND LEGISLATIVE DEFINITIONS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.