NCJ Number
82743
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Dated: (April 1982) Pages: 385-392
Date Published
1982
Length
8 pages
Annotation
The author explores the psychiatric aspects of imprisonment, stressing the psychic trauma that imprisonment imposes on the individual.
Abstract
The paper argues that the current structure of prisons makes rehabilitation virtually impossible and describes how prisons, in large measure, deal with psychiatrically disturbed individuals without adequate resources. (Author abstract)