PROPOSED CORRECTIONAL LAW AND THE REALITY OF THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM - WEST GERMANY (FROM COMMEMORATIVE VOLUME IN HONOR OF ERNST HEINITZ, 1972 EDITED BY HANS LUETTGER)

• NCJ Number: 28281
• Author(s): G SUTTINGER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

CORRECTIONS HAVE LITTLE PRESTIGE NOT ONLY AMONG THE POPULATION BUT ALSO EVEN AMONG JUDGES, WHO SCARELY EVER TAKE ANY INTEREST IN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OFFENDERS THEY SENTENCE.

Abstract

THIS SUBORDINATE POSITION OF CORRECTIONS WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS PARTIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT LEGAL SCIENCE AND LEGISLATIVE BODIES HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED IN PROVIDING IT WITH A SATISFACTORY LEGAL BASIS. THE NEW WEST GERMAN CORRECTIONS LAW SHOULD PROVIDE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL, THE POPULATION AND THE INMATES THEMSELVES IN A COORDINATED, CONCERTED REHABILITATION EFFORT FOR EXCEEDING ANY SUCH EFFORT IN THE PAST. TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS SHOULD CONTINUE BEYOND THE PERIOD OF THEIR INCARCERATION, AND THE NEW LAW SHOULD MAKE PROVISION FOR FINANCING THIS. --IN GERMAN