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Classification System in California's Prisons
Title: Classification System in California's Prisons
Category: Law & Government
Details: Words: 1462 | Pages: 6.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Classification System in California's Prisons
CLASSIFICATION IN CALIFORNIA'S PRISONS
Our ideas about the purpose of prisons and the methods of dealing with prisoners have changed during the past fifty years. The increasing number of repeat offenders in our prisons strongly suggests that the policy of putting criminals into prison in order to get revenge against them for the crimes they have committed, is an economic waste and a serious danger to society. Allowing the release of bitter defendants into society, …showed first 75 words of 1462 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1462 total…offenders who are serious escape risks and serious conduct problems. A number of correctional institutions have been provided to care for the short-sentence offenders and for those who do not require the security facilities of a penitentiary. Special institutions have been established for the treatment of narcotic addicts and for chronic medical and psychological cases.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
California Department of Corrections (1986) Inmate Classification System Study : Final Report.
Center for Statistics (1997) An Evaluation of CDC Prisoner Classification.
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