PUBLIC JUVENILE RESIDENT FACILITIES AND CRIMINALITY WEST GERMANY

• NCJ Number: 30147
• Journal: PRAXIS DER KINDERPSYCHOLOGIE UND KINDERPSYCHIATRIE Volume: 24 Issue: 5 Dated: (JULY, 1975) Pages: 181-184
• Author(s): K NEUMANN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)
• Note: SPECIAL PRINTING (SONDERDRUCK)

Annotation

A SAMPLE OF 253 FORMER MALE RESIDENTS WAS INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH FACILITIES ARE ABLE TO PREVENT OR CUT SHORT CRIMINAL CAREERS.

Abstract

A DISTINCTION WAS DRAWN BETWEEN YOUTHS WHO BEFORE BEING COMMITED HAD BEEN ONLY SOMEWHAT NEGLECTED AND THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SEVERELY NEGLIECTED. STATISTICAL RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION INDICATE THAT THE FACILITIES HAD NO CRIME PREVENTIVE EFFECTS ON THESE JUVENILES. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY INDICATED THAT STATE CHILD-WELFARE RESIDENT INSITUTIONS ENCOURAGE CRIMINALITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF JUVENILES WHO WERE ONLY SOMEWHAT NEGLECTED BEFORE BEING INSTITUTIONALIZED. INCLUDED IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE STATISTICAL METHODS USED IN THE STUDY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN GERMAN, SUMMARY IN ENGLISH