NCJ Number
62970
Date Published
1980
Length
456 pages
Annotation
A BROAD SPECTRUM OF APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING AND CHANGING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR (RANGING FROM BEHAVIOR AS A MANIFESTATION OF PERSONAL TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS) IS PRESENTED ALONG WITH A MODEL OF THE APPROACHES.
Abstract
PART I DISCUSSES (1) PERSON-CENTERED, SITUATION-CENTERED, AND INTERACTIONIST MODELS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; (2) THE ROLE OF PENOLOGY, CORRECTIONS, AND INTERVENTION AS THREE MODES OF RESPONSE TO CRIME; AND (3) THE ATTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIME, INCLUDING PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS ATTICA INMATES FOLLOWING THE 1971 RIOT AND THE LOCUS RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIME SCALE AND ITS APPLICATION. A SECOND SECTION OUTLINES PSYCHIATRIC AND MEDICAL APPROACHES IN INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT; COUNSELING AND OTHER NONMEDICAL APPROACHES; CONCEPTS OF THE SELF AND EGO PSYCHOLOGY, INCLUDING TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS; CONCEPTS OF REALITY AND CRIME AS SHOWN IN GLASSER'S REALITY THERAPY; AND DEVIANT VALUE SYSTEMS INCLUDING THOSE OF A WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL AND THE MANSON FAMILY. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN TREATMENT (PERSONAL GROWTH GROUPS AND GROUP THERAPY, THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES, AND FAMILY THERAPY AND PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN PRISON COMMUNITIES). VARIOUS BEHAVIORAL LEARNING THEORIES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AS ARE THE TYPES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DETERRENCE AND THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT, AND CULTURE IN CRIME PREVENTION. THE FINAL CHAPTERS DISCUSS EVALUATION IN THE AREAS OF OFFENDER CLASSIFICATION, CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. REFERENCES AND A SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEX ARE ATTACHED. (AOP)