ANALYSIS OF CORRECTIONAL POLICY IN NEW YORK STATE

• NCJ Number: 36101
• Author(s): B A Lavin
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 150 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE INTERPLAY AMONG POLITICALLY POWERFUL GROUPS IN THE NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM DURING THE SEVEN YEAR PERIOD FROM 1965 TO 1972.

Abstract

THE CENTRAL QUESTION EXPLORED BY THE STUDY WAS UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS PUBLIC OFFICIALS DISPENSED SYMBOLIC REWARDS SUCH AS STUDY COMMISSIONS AND TASK FORCES AND WHICH CONDITIONS PRODUCED TANGIBLE REWARDS SUCH AS ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS THAT EFFECT CHANGE. THE ANALYSIS INCLUDES DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM AND AN OUTLINE OF THE RESEARCH ORIENTATION. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE PRISON SYSTEM IN NEW YORK IS PROVIDED FROM 1790 TO 1960. CORRECTIONAL POLICIES ARE EXAMINED FOR THE YEARS 1959 TO 1965, 1965 TO 1970, AND BEYOND 1970. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE PENAL SYSTEM IN THE STATE HAS REMAINED ONE IN WHICH BUREAUCRATIC INTERESTS HAVE DOMINATED.