In 1956 the Fauteux Committee recommended to the Canadian Parliament that the Federal Government should take over responsibility for care and treatment of all persons sentenced under federal laws to periods of imprisonment longer than six months. The provinces would retain responsibility only for short-termers. Since then, there has been a tendency among correctional workers to regard the main responsibility which would emerge from such a division as the Dominion's. This is, however, a doubtful view. For every person who is sentenced to a long prison term in Canada, there are about ten other people who get short sentences. In recent years, the short prison sentenced has been condemned as useless by many leading criminologists in both North America and Europe. Accordingly, this study sets out to explore the problems and possible therapeutic values of short sentences. These must be considered in answering the question of what the provincial governments might do, should the Fauteux recommendation be adopted. In the first two chapters, Canadian corrections history is recounted, the criticisms of short sentences are examined, and the research problem is formulated. In Chapter Three, statutory and statistical data are analyzed with a view to determining who are the people who get short terms. The last half of the thesis is devoted to an examination of the criminological literature to see what light it can throw on the therapeutic possibilities of short-term imprisonment. In Chapter Four, the treatment methods used in corrections are tentatively classified, and their appropriateness for short-term prisons provisionally evaluated. In Chapter Five, three "clinical models" of short-term inmates, selected on the basis of their statistical and theoretical relevance are more thoroughly discussed, with attention to clinical characteristics and treatment experience. This study was intended primarily as a reconnaissance of the problem, area, and definitive conclusions were not anticipated. Nevertheless three results strongly suggest themselves, (a) Many people are being given short prison sentences, not because it is expected that beneficial effects will result therefrom, but simply because no other acceptable dispositions are known to the courts to be available. (b) The majority of these people could probably be treated more effectively in some outpatient or inpatient facility other than a custodial institution, (c) For the therapeutic potentialities of the prison itself (if it has any) to be effectively utilized, there is a need for much more adequate criteria and selection facilities for determining who should be admitted to these institutions; and there is a need also for a much more comprehensive program of complementary welfare services. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, May 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-143).

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Marc Gertz, Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 9, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 179 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Bibliography: leaves 133-137.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Theodore G. Chiricos, Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 12, 2005). Includes bibliographical references.

M.Cur. (Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing) / The objective of this research is to explore and describe how the white-collar criminal experiences being admitted to prison. In a country like South Africa, where the crime rate is of the highest in the world and where a new democratic era has also begun where the prisoner is entitled to more humane treatment, the Department of Correctional Service faces considerable criticism from time to time, whilst being exposed to increasing demands. The white-collar criminal experiences problems integrating successfully in the prison community, with the result that such integration and the accompanying deprivation give rise to mental health problems. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual research study has been undertaken to describe how. the white-collar criminal experiences being admitted to prison. Five whitecollar criminals, who. met all the set criteria, were included in the study by means of purposive convenience sampling. . In-depth exploration into the experience of the white-collar criminal was done by utilising the phenomenological method of interviewing for the collection of data. The researcher put a central question to the respondents, viz.: "How do you experience your admission to prison?" Data were analysed by means of descriptive analysis as described by Tesch. Anindependent coder was used to code and analyse the data. Consensus discussions between the researcher and the coder were held on the results. Obstacles and facilitative aspects were identified, which influence the white-collar criminal's ability to integrate in the prison community as part of the facilitation of the promotion, maintenance and restoration of mental health as an integral part of health...