STUDY ON THE TREATMENT OF YOUNG PRISONERS WITH AN ADVANCED CRIMINAL TENDENCY - REPORT, 2D

• NCJ Number: 48246
• Author(s): M MIZOGAMI; M TOMITA; E TAKAHASHI; Y WATANABE; H SHINDO
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Japan Ministry of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Japan
• Note: FROM BULLETIN OF THE CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, JAPAN ENGLISH SUMMARY PREPARED BY MR TERUA MATSUSHITA, MISS MASAKO KONO, AND MESSRS KOSUKE TSUBUCHI, KAZUHISA SUZUKI, AND KATSUNORI OYAMA, UNAFEI

Annotation

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATES AND THE TREATMENT OF YOUNG INMATES WITH ADVANCED CRIMINAL TENDENCIES IS EXAMINED IN COMPARISON TO THE TREATMENT OF ADULT PRISONERS AND OTHER YOUNG INMATES.

Abstract

THE STUDY EXAMINES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATES FOR YOUNG PRISONERS WITH ADVANCED CRIMINAL TENDENCIES (CLASS YB INMATES), AND CORRELATES INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATES WITH GROUPS OF INMATES AND WITH TREATMENT. A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS ENVIRONMENT SCALE, DEVELOPED BY E.A. WENK, IS USED AS A MEASURING DEVICE. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 503 CLASS YB INMATES, 552 YOUNG INMATES WITH NO ADVANCED CRIMINAL TENDENCIES (CLASS YA INMATES), AND 520 ADULT (CLASS B) INMATES. THE PRISONERS USED AS SUBJECTS REPRESENTED SIX PRISONS. FINDINGS INDICATE THAT INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATES FOR THE CLASS YB PRISONERS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS DISCIPLINARY, WHILE THE CLIMATES FOR THE CLASS YA PRISONERS WERE THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL. CLASS YB INMATES SHOWED FAIRLY STRONG GROUP COHESIVENESS, BUT THEY SELDOM DEVELOPED LARGE GROUP RELATIONSHIPS; THEY ALSO HAD WEAK PSYCHOLOGICAL TIES IN GROUP ACTIVITIES. RESULTS SUGGEST THAT THE CORE OF INSTITUTIONAL LIFE AFFECTING THE MORALE OF INMATES WAS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THOSE INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATES IN WHICH INMATES PARTICIPATED POSITIVELY IN PROGRAMS. A STRONG GROUP COHESIVENESS EVIDENCED BY CLASS YB INMATES WAS NOT RELATED WITH GOOD RESULTS IN LIVING ATTITUDES, WORK ACHIEVEMENT, AND OBSERVATION OF DISCIPLINARY RULES. FUTURE PROPOSALS ARE MADE CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF CLASS YB PRISONERS, WHICH INCLUDE MOVING AWAY FROM THE DISCIPLINARY CLIMATE TO THE THERAPEUTIC CLIMATE, INTEGRATION AND REGULATION OF GROUPS, AND EMPHASIS ON LIVING GUIDANCE AS A CORE METHOD FOR TREATMENT. (DAG)