DO CORRECTIONS REALLY CORRECT? ISSUES IN CRIME AND JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 39988
• Author(s): K HARRIES
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities; Oklahoma Humanities Cmtte
• Sale Source: Oklahoma State University
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 30 MINUTES, VIDEO CASSETTE, COLOR, 1976

Annotation

VIDEO CASSETTE DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON WHETHER THE HIGH LEVEL OF INCARCERATION HELPS TO HOLD DOWN CRIME RATES.

Abstract

OKLAHOMA INCARCERATES MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OF ITS NEIGHBORING STATES EXCEPT FOR TEXAS, YET IT STILL HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME RATES. THE PANELISTS, WHO INCLUDE THE HEAD OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, AND A WRITER, DISCUSS SUCH TOPICS AS THE SUCCESS OF LARGE PENAL INSTITUTIONS, RECIDIVISM RATES, AND REHABILITATION. PRISON OFFICIALS GENERALLY CONCEDE THAT SMALLER INSTITUTIONS HAVE MORE SUCCESS THAN LARGE ONES IN REHABILITATION. THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE BELIEVES, HOWEVER, THAT PRISONS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL....BS