NCJ Number
46790
Editor(s)
M RIEDEL,
P A VALES
Date Published
1977
Length
222 pages
Annotation
TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES AND RELATED PROBLEMS ARE EXPLORED IN SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE NOVEMBER 1973 MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY.
Abstract
THE BOOK IS ONE OF A SERIES ARISING FROM THE MEETING, AT WHICH SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOLARS CONCERNED WITH CRIME, DELINQUENCY, DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, AND CORRECTIONS GATHERED TO PRESENT PAPERS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: INDEFINITE COMMITMENT IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE; COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE IN PRISONS; FACTORS AFFECTING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PUNISHMENT AND DETERRENCE; THE VALUE OF ADULT INMATE MANPOWER; UNIONIZATION IN PRISONS; OCCUPATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF CORRECTIONAL WORK; AND INMATES' PERCEPTIONS OF SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. OTHER TOPICS ARE THE FOLLOWING: VICTIMIZATION OF WHITE INMATES BY BLACK INMATES; PAROLE OUTCOMES FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND WHITES; TRAINING 'INCORRIGIBLE' INMATES FOR CAREERS AS CORRECTIONAL COUNSELORS; A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DRUG TREATMENT PROJECT; OUTDOOR LIVING EXPERIENCES AS A MEANS OF EVALUATING INSTITUTIONAL REEDUCATION; PERCEPTIONS OF JURORS; AND THE HISTORY OF JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. SEE NCJ-11279, 16196, 18671, AND 46791-46799 FOR SELECTED READINGS. (LKM)