PRISONERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD LAW AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS

• NCJ Number: 7316
• Author(s): A D MYLONAS
• Date Published: 1962
• Length: 133 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRISONERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD LAW AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS, SOCIALIZATION, MORALE AND INTERPERSONAL COMPETENCE AND BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS.

Abstract

THE DATA USED IN THIS STUDY WERE GATHERED FROM THE CASE RECORDS AND FROM RESPONSES OF A GROUP OF THREE HUNDRED MALE PROPERTY OFFENDERS CONSECUTIVELY ADMITTED TO THE OHIO PENITENTIARY BETWEEN NOVEMBER OF 1961 AND FEBRUARY OF 1962. THE BETTER SOCIALIZED PRISONER AND THE INMATE WITH HIGH PERSONAL MORALE HAVE MORE FAVORABLE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE LAW AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS. THEIR ATTITUDES ARE NOT RELATED TO AND DO NOT VARY WITH MOST OF THEIR PERSONAL BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS. SINGLE OFFENDERS HAVE MORE FAVORABLE ATTITUDES THAN MARRIED, SEPARATED OR DIVORCED OFFENDERS. LESS FAVORABLE ATTITUDES TOWARD LAW AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE HELD BY FIRST OFFENDERS MORE OFTEN THAN RECIDIVISTS, AND BY PRISONERS HAVING A LONGER CORRECTIONAL EXPERIENCE. REFERENCES, TABLES OF FINDINGS, AND SAMPLES OF THE SURVEYS USED IN THE EXPERIMENT ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)