PRISONS - INSTRUMENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SOCIAL WELFARE?

• NCJ Number: 30999
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1975) Pages: 348-355
• Author(s): J B JACOBS; E H STEELE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF PRISONS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION OR SOCIAL WELFARE INSTRUMENTS.

Abstract

THE NEED FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEMIC CONTEXT OF PRISONS AND IMPRISONMENT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A RATIONAL PUNISHMENT FUNCTION FOR PRISONS IS EMPHASIZED.