NCJ Number
27121
Date Published
1974
Length
178 pages
Annotation
ANALYSIS OF CRIME CAUSES AND MOTIVATIONS, PRISON EXPERIENCES, PRISON RELIGIONS EXPERIENCES, DRUG CONSUMPTION, AND RECIDIVISM BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG ADULT OFFENDERS IN WEST GERMAN PRISONS.
Abstract
THE STUDY DESCRIBES SOCIAL PATTERNS IN THE OFFENDERS' LIVES WHICH LEND TO SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION, CRIME, IMPRISONMENT AND RECIDIVISM.