PUBLIC LOOKS AT CRIME AND CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 2182
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 27 pages
• Grant Number(s): CR-67
• Corporate Author: Joint Cmssn on Correctional Manpower and Training
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SURVEY OF PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS CORRECTIONS, CONTACT WITH EX-OFFENDERS AND CORRECTIONS AS A CAREER.

Abstract

A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE PUBLIC WAS STUDIED WITH REGARD TO ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS TOWARD CORRECTIONS AND OTHER SUBJECTS. RESULTS REVEAL THAT THE PUBLIC IS BECOMING LESS INCLINED TOWARD PUNITIVE CORRECTIONS AND MORE TOWARD THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ALTHOUGH IT IS GENERALLY INTOLERANT OF THE RETURNING OFFENDER TO THE COMMUNITY. ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC AGREES ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE, IT DOES NOT FEEL THAT IT IS PRESENTLY BEING DONE EFFECTIVELY. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE APPARENTLY NOT DETERRED BY THE PROSPECT OF A CORRECTIONS CAREER, EVEN CONSIDERING POSSIBLE DANGER AND LOW SALARY, BUT ARE DISCOURAGED WITH ITS POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. THESE ARE AMONG THE MAJOR FINDINGS IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND EMPIRICALLY BASED STUDY.