NCJ Number
28176
Editor(s)
L BLOM-COOPER
Date Published
1974
Length
300 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF 20 ESSAYS WHICH DISCUSS THE FAILURE OF PRISON AS A REHABILITATIVE INSTRUMENT AND EXAMINE ALTERNATIVE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS IN WHICH INCARCERATION WILL REMAIN ONLY FOR THE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OFFENDER.
Abstract
THE FIRST HALF OF THIS TEXT IS DEVOTED TO SEVERAL ARTICLES WHICH EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY THE ENGLISH PRISON SYSTEM HAS FAILED IN ITS GOAL OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION. ARTICLES WHICH OUTLINE COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES AND ADVOCATE A PRISON PHILOSOPHY IN WHICH PRISON CEASES TO OCCUPY THE CENTRAL POSITION ARE THEN PRESENTED.