NATIONAL CONGRESS ON PENITENTIARY AND REFORMATORY DISCIPLINE, 1970 PROCEEDINGS

• NCJ Number: 2175
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 641 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Reprint of the proceedings of the ACA conference of 1870.

Annotation

COMPLETE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF 1970 IN WHICH THE ADDRESSES AND THE SUGGESTED PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST.

Abstract

THE ADDRESSES CONCERNED THEMSELVES WITH BOTH JUVENILE AND ADULT INSTITUTIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES OF JUVENILES, THE INTAKE PROCESS, AND DISPOSITIONAL REGULATIONS AND PRACTICES GOVERNING THE BEHAVIOR OF INMATES. THE PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE CONGRESS IS THAT DISCIPLINE IS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC METHOD FOR THE MODIFICATION OF AN INMATE'S BEHAVIOR AND THUS HIS REHABILITATION. REFERENCE MATERIALS MAY BE FOUND IN THE CATALOGUE OF WORKS ON CRIMINAL LAW, PENOLOGY AND PRISON DISCIPLINE. THIS VOLUME MAY BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THOSE TRACING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRISON DISCIPLINE.