DYNAMICS OF CRIMINAL CORRECTIONS - A CASE STUDY FROM CONVICTION THROUGH PAROLE

• NCJ Number: 44006
• Author(s): J W POULOS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 571 pages
• Sale Source: Foundation Press
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM POULOS' THE ANATOMY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Annotation

THIS STUDY ILLUSTRATES THE DYNAMICS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY FOLLOWING A HOMICIDE CASE FROM CONVICTION THROUGH THE REARREST OF THE PAROLEE 5 YEARS LATER.

Abstract

THE CASE DESCRIBED IS REAL, ALTHOUGH ALL NAMES, PLACES, AND DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED. THE READER IS GIVEN VISUAL FAMILIARITY WITH DOCUMENTS TYPICALLY ENCOUNTERED IN CRIMINAL CASES, AND AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO PLACE THE READER IN THE SAME POSITION AS THE VARIOUS DECISIONMAKERS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. EVERY DOCUMENT OF SIGNIFICANT LEGAL IMPORTANCE IS REPRODUCED; DOCUMENTS WERE GATHERED FROM THE PUBLIC FILES OF THE PEOPLE AND AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS STUDY, AS WELL AS FROM THE PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL FILES OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THE ACTUAL STEPS DESCRIBED ARE: THE SENTENCING, INITIAL PRISON CLASSIFICATION, THE APPEAL, PRISON, AND PAROLE. AN INDEX IS INCLUDED. FOR A RELATED VOLUME, 'BIOGRAPHY OF A HOMICIDE - A CASE STUDY FROM ARREST THROUGH TRIAL,' SEE NCJ-44005. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).