NCJ Number
8989
Date Published
1967
Length
219 pages
Annotation
NARRATIVE ACCOUNT OF POLICE, COURT, CORRECTIONS AND PAROLE AGENCIES AND PRACTICES AS RECORDED BY TRAINED AND NEUTRAL OBSERVERS.
Abstract
TEN FIELD OBSERVERS, ALL WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE FUNCTIONS THEY WERE TO OBSERVE, SPENT SUBSTANTIAL TIME CONDUCTING THIS EMPIRICAL STUDY. THE REPORT TREATS EACH PHASE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN TURN, BEGINNING WITH THE WAYS CRIME COMES TO THE ATTENTION OF POLICE AND ENDING WITH A DISCUSSION OF PAROLE, PARDON AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE. QUOTATIONS FROM PRACTITIONERS ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT.