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MAN IN THE MODERN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM - AN AID TO UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE

NCJ Number
38143
Author(s)
C AMELUNXEN
Date Published
1975
Length
130 pages
Annotation
CRIMINAL SANCTIONS AND SENTENCING ARE ANALYZED AS REFLECTIONS OF A SOCIETY'S PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION ON THE NATURE OF MAN.
Abstract
DISCUSSED IS THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIAN, LIBERAL, SOCIALIST, MARXIST, PSYCHOANALYTIC, AND OTHER IDEOLOGIES ON CORRECTIONAL THINKING AND PRACTICES. THE DISCUSSION IS PLACED IN THE CONTEXT OF CORRECTIONAL REFORM ISSUES IN WEST GERMANY. --IN GERMAN