MODIFICATION OF THE SUBCULTURE IN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

• NCJ Number: 3239
• Author(s): J C WATKINS
• Date Published: 1964
• Length: 17 pages
• Sale Source: Rehabilitation Research Foundation
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 94TH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CORRECTION, KS CITY MO SEPT 1964

Annotation

INTERACTIONS OF THE CONVICT SUBCULTURE SYSTEM, ITS COMMUNICATIONS, MORES AND MYTHS PERPETUATED, AND HOW IT CAN BE MODIFIED.

Abstract

PRISONERS WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR ADAPTATION TO THE CORRECTIONAL SUBCULTURE, AND RELATED ON THIS BASIS TO TREATMENT IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.