NCJ Number
58108
Date Published
1978
Length
112 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF NINE PAPERS ON CRIME CONTROL WRITTEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF LEGAL POLICY IN FINLAND IS PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE PAPERS WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR IN HER APPEARANCES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND OTHER GATHERINGS. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE COVERED: (1) THE RATIONALE AND LIKELY EFFECTS OF A CANADIAN LAW IMPOSING LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES ON CONVICTED MURDERERS, (2) APPROACHES TO REDUCING TRAFFIC OFFENSES, (3) ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY (LIFE IMPRISONMENT, LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT, DEPORTATION, PLACEMENT IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS), (4) CLINICAL CRIMINOLOGY (ALSO CALLED FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY) IN FINLAND, (5) PLANS FOR PENAL CODE REFORMS IN FINLAND, (6) IDEOLOGICAL TRENDS IN THE CONTROL OF JUVENILE CRIMINALITY IN SCANDINAVIA, (7) SOCIETAL REGULATION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR (WITH REFERENCE TO THE CRIMES OF RAPE AND CHILD MOLESTATION IN SCANDINAVIA), (8) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY, AND (9) THE DEFINITION, LIMITS, AND DANGERS OF DIVERSION. FOR ABSTRACTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PAPERS, SEE NCJ-58109-58117. (LKM)