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The alcoholic offender, by Daniel Glaser and Vincent O'Leary, for the National Parole Institutes.

Title
The alcoholic offender, by Daniel Glaser and Vincent O'Leary, for the National Parole Institutes.
Author
Glaser, Daniel.
Publication
Washington, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Welfare Administration, Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development, 1966.

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Additional Authors
  • O'Leary, Vincent
  • National Council on Crime and Delinquency. National Parole Institutes.
  • United States. Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development.
Description
v, 31 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"The changes in behavior which follow the consumption of alcohol are a function of personality, social circumstances, and cultural traditions, rather than physiological effects alone. Standard personality tests fail to differentiate alcoholics from non-alcoholics. Tests show that a majority of persons arrested for felonies have been drinking, especially in cases of armed assault and weapon possession. Alcoholism is often associated with "native" offenses, such as petty forgeries to finance drinking habits. These alcoholic forgers are generally older and more educated than most criminals. Chronic police case inebriates, the largest arrest category in the United States, are involved in disorderly conduct, drunken driving and vagrancy offenses. These cases are a heavy burden to parole boards because of recurrent drunkenness arrests in middle and old age. The authors discuss the role of Alcoholics Anonymous in the treatment of alcoholics in the community and the prison."
Series Statement
  • JD-5003-Parole series
  • United States. Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development. Parole series ; 5003.
Alternative Title
Parole decision-making
Subject
  • Alcoholism
  • Alcoholism and crime
  • Parole > United States
  • Criminals > Alcohol use > United States
Note
  • "Parole decision-making."
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
LCCN
hew66000118^//r
OCLC
  • 878943
  • SCSB-10222802
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library