PRISON AND PROBATION SYSTEM, 1975 - SWEDEN

• NCJ Number: 43786
• Author(s): B MARTINSSON; G ANDERSSON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 73 pages
• Corporate Author: Swedish Prison and Probation Admin
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: Sweden
• Note: OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF SWEDEN SERIES

Annotation

AN OVERVIEW IS PRESENTED OF THE ORGANIZATION, COMPONENTS, AND OPERATIONS OF THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM IN SWEDEN AS OF 1975.

Abstract

THE REPORT COVERS THE STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM, SYSTEM REFORMS, INSTITUTIONAL ALLOCATION OF PRISONERS, PRISON WORK PROGRAMS, EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR INMATES, SENTENCING STATISTICS FOR ADULT AND YOUTH OFFENDERS, FURLOUGHS, NONINSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS, INNOVATIONS IN INSTITUTIONAL AND NONINSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, AND RECIDIVISM. AMONG INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATIONS REPORTED ARE PROGRAMS IN WHICH INMATES ARE PAID MARKET-ADJUSTED RATES FOR THEIR WORK. SUPPORTING TABULAR DATA ON PRISON AND PAROLE POPULATIONS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM ARE PROVIDED. -- IN SWEDISH; SUMMARY IN ENGLISH.