NCJ Number
37413
Date Published
1973
Length
259 pages
Annotation
THIS DOCUMENT IS BASED ON THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE AUTHOR, A PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CONCERNING THE OPERATIONS OF COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS IN EIGHT WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED CORRECTIONAL OFFICIALS IN BELGIUM, ENGLAND, FINLAND, FRANCE, NORWAY, DENMARK, SWEDEN, AND WEST GERMANY TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY AND DIRECTIONS OF PENAL REFORM IN THOSE COUNTRIES TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE ARE SHAPED BY SOCIOCULTURE.