NCJ Number
29707
Editor(s)
H STEINERT
Date Published
1973
Length
175 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF PAPERS ANALYZING THE PROCESSES OF SOCIALLY DEFINING WHAT CONSTITUTES CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THE INFLUENCE OF THIS DEFINITION BY SOCIETY AS A WHOLE ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND POLICY IN WEST GERMANY.
Abstract
ANALYZED ARE PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD LAW IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, TOWARD THE DEATH PENALTY, AND TOWARD REFORM IN CORRECTIONS. ALSO EXAMINED IS THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL ATTITUDES ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, THE SOCIAL DIAGNOSIS OF OFFENDERS BY JUDGES, AND THE STRUCTURE OF INMATE SOCIETY. --IN GERMAN