COMMUNITY INTERVENTION AND THE CORRECTIONAL MANDATE

• NCJ Number: 9830
• Author(s): J M MARTIN; G M SHATTUCK
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 48 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US President's Cmssn on Law Enforcement and Admin of Justice
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CONVENTIONAL AND CONTRASTING VIEWS OF THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS IN TERMS OF ITS ROLE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

Abstract

THE CONVENTIONAL VIEW STRUCTURES THE CRIME PROBLEM IN TERMS OF SOCIETY VERSUS THE OFFENDER AS A WAYWARD CITIZEN RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BEHAVIOR, AND SUBJECT TO A VARIETY OF CORRECTIONAL SANCTIONS. A CONTRASTING STANDPOINT VIEWS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESS, INCLUDING CORRECTIONS, AS OPERATING IN THE INTEREST OF A DOMINANT COMMUNITY, TO MAINTAIN ITS INTEGRITY, INTERESTS, CONVENTIONS, AND BOUNDARIES AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENT OF CONFLICTING SUBCOMMUNITIES. THIS PAPER SYSTEMATICALLY TREATS SOME OF THE THEORETICAL, POLICY-MAKING, AND PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF FOLLOWING ONLY THE CONVENTIONAL VIEW IN THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF CORRECTIONAL AGENCIES AND SYSTEMS. THE SECOND PURPOSE OF THE PAPER IS TO EXAMINE THE KINDS OF COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY CORRECTIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)