Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 122-132.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1980. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-125).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-128).

Honors Project--Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-44).

Inaug.-diss.--Halle. / Vita.

Thesis--University of Wisconsin, c1971. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

The field of corrections is anticipating a change in the present system of releasing inmates from prison. This new development has been described in a variety of terms. However, for purposes of this study, it will be referred to as "The Mandatory Release System". This concept is defined as " a system whereby those inmates who are not granted regular parole, have the opportunity to accept release, after serving three-quarters of their sentence, provided they accept supervision for the statutory remission period of their sentence." The most logical structure to accommodate and implement this change is the National Parole Board. Since there is presently a general lack of knowledge in this area, considerable research is required to identify the implications of such a proposal. The authors have chosen to focus upon the cost and manpower requirements essential in providing a supervision program. The study is based on the premise that supervision is a major factor in the rehabilitation of the offender. Furthermore, it offers additional protection to the community by the reduction of recidivism. By utilizing present data and knowledge available, an estimate was made of the number of inmates who will be affected by this change. These calculations were used to determine the manpower and cost required for differential models of supervision based on the number of hours spent with the releasee. Recommendations arising out of the findings of the study were many and varied. The principle recommendation being in order to make better use of similar programs in existence a more effective gathering and co-ordination of statistical data is necessary. This study intends to fulfil a dual purpose: that of fulfilling the requirements of the Master of Social Work thesis as well as intending to provide useful information to those government administrators who will be concerned with the implementation of this new legislation. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

This study, based upon interviews with forty-five experienced property offenders, is intended as an addition to the sparse sociological literature having as its focus the description and analysis of criminal behaviour. Detailed attention is given to the technical and organizational dimensions of property offences. In contrast to much of the available literature on crime, this study does not deal with motivational factors but rather with questions as to how crime is committed. The behavioural dimensions of two crimes in particular, namely safecracking and bank robbery, are described in detail. Although it has long been recognized that a criminal's skills are learned, attention to the details of crime makes it possible to document what it is a criminal learns and how such learning takes place. This study shows that some mechanical skills are learned by way of formal instruction from the more experienced, and how and why some skills are more easily taught and learned in prison than other skills. It is indicated that the method of learning criminal skills does not resemble the system of apprenticeship common in legitimate skilled trades; criminals tend to work with equals, whether experienced or inexperienced. The data also indicates that some of the criminal's skills consist of making relevant and explicit such common-sense knowledge as is routinely used in everyday life—the systematic application of such knowledge being best illustrated in the instance of "casing" procedures. The ability to make profitable, albeit illegal, use of everyday knowledge suggests a continuity in the socialization of criminals and non-criminals which is not developed in other literature. Analysis of various types of crime, such as burglary, safecracking and armed robbery, leads to the development of two analytic units: surreptitious and non-surreptitious crimes. The former category is characterized by the criminal's concern with avoiding the victim, and the need of mechanical skills. Non-surreptitious crimes, in contrast, involve victim confrontation--the requisite skills having to do with organization and victim-management. It is argued that these analytic units are more manageable than those typologies and classificatory schemes which are based upon purely legal and career distinctions. In addition, this distinction is based upon the behavioural dimensions of crime rather than the social and personal characteristics of criminals. In this way the sociology of crime is more fully brought under the rubric of the sociology of occupations and hence of social science in general / Arts, Faculty of / Sociology, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-06, Section: A, page: 2668. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references.