PRETRIAL CUSTODY AND PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT OF JUVENILES IN ISRAEL, ENGLAND AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

• NCJ Number: 20670
• Journal: AUSLANDSTEIL DER ZEITSCHRIFT FUER DIE GESAMTE STRAFRECHTSWISSENCHAFT Volume: 89 Issue: 1 Dated: (1977) Pages: 266-284
• Author(s): D REIFEN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey (Cross-Cultural)
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE IS A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE IN ISRAEL, ENGLAND AND WALES, AND WEST GERMANY.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT THAT IMPRISONMENT HAS ON JUVENILES AND THE HARM THAT IT CAN CAUSE. THE ARTICLE REVIEWS, IN A BRIEF SURVEY, THE LEGISLATION CONCERNING THE AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE THREE COUNTRIES. THE VARIOUS METHODS THAT ARE APPLIED TO CURB THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF PRETRIAL CUSTODY AS WELL AS THE METHODS THAT ARE USED TO MAKE A PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. --IN GERMAN....MSP