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Classification of offenders as an aid to efficient management and effective treatment / by Marguerite Q. Warren ; submitted to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.
- Title
- Classification of offenders as an aid to efficient management and effective treatment / by Marguerite Q. Warren ; submitted to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.
- Author
- Warren, Marguerite Q.
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.?] : The Commission, [1967]
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- United States. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
- Description
- 87 p., S/B leaves (some folded); 28 cm.
- Summary
- Alternative classification typologies are described and illustrated with a number of clinical and research studies. A cross-tabulation of sixteen typological systems was presented and six cross-classification bands were identified. The six bands or offender subtypes were entitled - asocial, conformist, antisocial-manipulator, neurotic, subcultural-identifier and situational offender. It was pointed out that the consistency in the data of several typological studies which made the cross classification possible is an encouraging sign. In asking whether a typological consensus has any programmatic utility at the present time, current interest among practitioners in developing differential treatment strategies for various types of offenders was noted. It was suggested that it may be possible in the near future to make differential diagnoses of large populations, and to simplify the training of correctional workers by teaching management and treatment specialties rather than the entire range of correctional techniques. The use of differential diagnosis in decision-making along the correctional continuum and its potential value as a treatment-unifying influence was discussed. (Oringinally published as an article in the Journal Of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science, v. 62, n. 1, 1971, p. 239-258.).
- Subject
- Prisoners > United States > Classification
- Genre/Form
- Classification
- Note
- Cover title.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 80-87.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Rationale for classification -- Typologies of criminals and delinquents -- Classification for management purposes -- Classification for treatment -- Cross-classification of typologies -- Tests of cross-tabulation -- Summary -- References.
- LCCN
- ^^^81603479^//r84
- OCLC
- 8866023
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library