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SPECIAL CORRECTIONS PROBLEMS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (FROM CORRECTIONS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - BAD NAUHEIM, WEST GERMANY, OCTOBER 5-7, 1973 EDITED BY HELMUT E EHRHARDT - SEE NCJ-28320)

NCJ Number
28331
Author(s)
A BOEHM
Date Published
1974
Length
7 pages
Annotation
THE DIRECTOR OF A WEST GERMAN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ARGUES AGAINST THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF 14 AND 15 YEAR OLDS AND PRESENTS STATISTICS AND CASES INDICATING THAT PRISON INCREASES CHANCES OF RECIDIVISM.
Abstract
A 1961-1965 STUDY INDICATED THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE 14 TO 15 YEAR OLD INMATES RECIDIVATED WHILE HALF OF THE OLDER JUVENILE INMATES DID. --IN GERMAN