Skip to main content skip navigation
  • Account
    • Login
    • Manage
  • Subscribe
    • JUSTINFO
    • Register
  • Shopping Cart
  • Contact Us
    • Email
    • Feedback
    • Chat
    • Phone or Mail
  • Site Help
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office of Justice Programs header with links to bureaus/offices: BJA, BJS, NIJ, OJJDP, OVC, SMART Office of Justice Programs BJA BJS NIJ OJJDP OVC SMART Office of Justice Programs
Advanced Search  Search Help
    Browse By Topics  down arrow
  • A–Z Topics
  • Corrections
  • Courts
  • Crime
  • Crime Prevention
  • Drugs
  • Justice System
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Law Enforcement
  • Victims
CrimeSolutions
Add your conference to our Justice Events calendar
  • ABOUT NCJRS
  • OJP PUBLICATIONS
  • LIBRARY
  • SEARCH Q & A
  • GRANTS & FUNDING
  • JUSTICE EVENTS
Home / Publications / NCJRS Abstract

PUBLICATIONS

Register for Latest Research

Stay Informed
Register with NCJRS to receive NCJRS's biweekly e-newsletter JUSTINFO and additional periodic emails from NCJRS and the NCJRS federal sponsors that highlight the latest research published or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs.

NCJRS Abstract

The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Virtual Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the Virtual Library. See the Obtain Documents page for direction on how to access resources online, via mail, through interlibrary loans, or in a local library.

1 record(s) found

 

NCJ Number: 48240 Find in a Library
Title: PAROLEES' COGNITIVE STRUCTURE - SECOND REPORT OF THE STUDY ON REHABILITATION PROCESSES OF PAROLEES
Document: PDF
Author(s): K IWAI; S SUGIHARA; N KURODA; N IZUMI
Date Published: 1976
Annotation: SUBJECTIVE ATTITUDES OF PAROLEES TOWARD SELF, SOCIETY, PAROLE SUPERVISION, AND PRISON ARE STUDIED, AND VOLUNTEER SUPERVISORS' PERCEPTIONS OF PAROLEES SUPERVISED ARE ASSESSED.
Abstract: A TOTAL OF 363 OFFENDERS WERE SAMPLED RANDOMLY FROM 30 PAROLE OFFICES IN JAPAN. AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY (1973), SUBJECTS WERE UNDER PAROLE SUPERVISION FOR SENTENCES OF 4 YEARS OR MORE, AND, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE PERIOD FROM TIME OF RELEASE TO THE SURVEY RANGED BETWEEN 3 MONTHS AND 3 YEARS. AS PART OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE, PAROLEES WERE ASKED TO ATTACH SUBJECTIVE SIGNIFICANCE TO FOUR CONCEPTS: 'ME,' 'PRISON,' 'SOCIETY,' AND 'PAROLE SUPERVISION.' FOR THIS PURPOSE, A SET OF 12 SCALES COMMON TO THE 4 CONCEPTS WAS PREPARED. EACH SCALE HAD A PAIR OF POLAR ADJECTIVES, SUCH AS BRIGHT/DARK, FAIR/UNFAIR, AND PLEASANT/UNPLEASANT, WITH GRADES IN BETWEEN, ENABLING THE PAROLEE TO CHOOSE ONE WHICH APPROPRIATELY REPRESENTED A SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE CONCEPT IN QUESTION. IN TURN, THESE SETS WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THREE FACTORS: RECEPTIVITY, MEASURED BY PLEASANT/UNPLEASANT, FRIENDLY/UNFRIENDLY, AND BRIGHT/DARK; EVALUATION, MEASURED BY FAIR/UNFAIR AND KIND/CRUEL; AND POTENCY, MEASURED BY LARGE/SMALL AND ROUGH/MILD. OF THE FOUR CONCEPTS, THE STUDY PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION TO 'SELF' AND 'SOCIETY' AS PERCEIVED BY PAROLEES. FOUR RESPONSE PATTERNS, TWO POSITIVE AND TWO NEGATIVE, EXISTED FOR BOTH THE RECEPTIVITY AND EVALUATION FACTORS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT WAS HIGHER WHEN PAROLEES HAD A MATCHING PERCEPTION OF 'SOCIETY' AND 'SELF,' EITHER POSITIVE-POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE-NEGATIVE, THAN IF THE PERCEPTIONS WERE CONTRADICTORY. THE RELATIVE GAP BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OF 'SELF' AND 'SOCIETY' IS SIGNIFICANTLY INDICATIVE OF THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF VOLUNTEER SUPERVISORS AND PROFESSIONAL PAROLE OFFICER INDICATED THAT THE VOLUNTEERS OFTEN LACKED AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THE INNER NATURE OF PAROLEES. GRAPHS ARE INCLUDED TO SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY. (RCB)
Index Term(s): Attitudes; Japan; Parolees; Perception; Testing and measurement
Sponsoring Agency: Japan Ministry of Justice
Tokyo, Japan
National Institute of Justice/
Rockville, MD 20849
Corporate Author: Japan Ministry of Justice
Research and Training Institute
Japan
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
Page Count: 5
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Note: FROM BULLETIN OF THE CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, JAPAN THIS ENGLISH VERSION WAS PREPARED BY MR. KENSAKU HASHIMOTO, INFORMATION AND LIAISON OFFICE, SECRETARIAT SECTION, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, JAPAN
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=48240

*A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents not available online, a link to the publisher's website is provided. Tell us how you use the NCJRS Library and Abstracts Database - send us your feedback.




Find in a Library

You have clicked Find in a Library. A title search of WorldCat, the world's largest library network, will start when you click "Continue." Here you will be able to learn if libraries in your community have the document you need. The results will open in a new browser and your NCJRS session will remain active for 30 minutes. Learn More.

You have selected:

This article appears in

In WorldCat, verify that the library you select has the specific journal volume and issue in which the article appears. Learn How.

Continue to WorldCat

You are about to access WorldCat, NCJRS takes no responsibility for and exercises no control over the WorldCat site.

 
Office of Justice Programs Facebook Page  Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics Twitter Page
  • National Institute of Justice Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office for Victims of Crime Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking Facebook Page Twitter Page
Contact Us | Feedback | Site Map
Freedom of Information Act | Privacy Statement | Legal Policies and Disclaimers
USA.gov | CrimeSolutions
Department of Justice | Office of Justice Programs