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Title

• The mentally retarded offender / by Bertram S. Brown and Thomas F. Courtless.

Author

Brown, Bertram S.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.? : President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice], 1967.

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Additional Authors

Courtless, Thomas F.

Description

ii, 90 p.; 29 cm.

Summary

This report provides an historical overview of the management and treatment of retarded offenders, definitions of defective delinquency, and survey of the institutionalized retarded offender. The authors surveyed approximately 200,000 inmates of penal institutions in December 1963. It was found that 9.5 percent of the inmates could be classified as mentally retarded. It was found that the most frequent crime committed by the retarded inmate was first-degree murder, accounting for slightly less than 21 percent of all the retardates. Other criminal homicides accounted for 17.6 percent of the sample, and breaking and entering accounted for an equal percentage. Other sections of the document deal with legal considerations affecting the retarded offender, current state planning for retarded offenders, and recommendations for action and research.

Subject

People with mental disabilities and crime > United States

Note

• Cover title.
• "Submitted to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice."

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Section I. Introduction. A. Early enthusiasm (1890-1920) -- B. Period of denial and neglect (1921-1960) C. The contemporary (1961- ) -- Section II. Brief historical overview of the management and treatment of retarded offenders -- Section III. The defective delinquent--changing definitions -- Section IV. A survey of the institutionalized mentally retarded offender. A. General findings of the major survey -- B.A follow-up survey of inmates with IQ's below 55 -- C. Management problems and practices -- D.A case study of an inmate sample analyzed for socio-psychological and legal variables -- Section V. Current state planning for retarded offenders -- Section VI. Critical issues and recommendations for action and research. A. An overview of the critical issues -- B. Recommendations -- Footnotes.

OCLC

10679629

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Harvard Library