NCJ Number
114178
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Dated: (1988) Pages: 331-346
Date Published
1988
Length
16 pages
Annotation
During the last decade, a variety of criminal justice system reforms have been implemented in the United States. A number of these reforms appear to be associated with the justice model of punishment.
Abstract
This model purports to solve several of the major problems which beset the antecedent rehabilitative model. The analysis presented in this article attempts to relate the justice model to early legal codes, the emergence of scientific enterprise, and the shift to incarcerative punishment. More specifically, the discussion suggests that the new quantification of punishment represented by the justice model reflects the influence of these three historical predecessors. The implications of the analysis for future penal policy based upon the justice model are considered. 3 footnotes; 48 references. (Author abstract)