Previous research on correctional reform has been empirically fragmented and guided by narrow theoretical frameworks. The research has been empirically fragmented because analysis of correctional reform has been "disconnected;" studies have viewed the origins, operations and outcomes of correctional reform as distinct and separate units of analysis. Moreover, singular explanatory frameworks (i.e., critical, organizational) have dominated the research, facilitating a narrow understanding of the origins, operations, and/or outcomes of reform. In essence, theoretical divisiveness and a limited empirical focus have impeded our ability to fully comprehend the meanings and consequences of correctional reform. / This study proposes an integrated and comprehensive approach to the study of correctional reform. The approach incorporates components of several theoretical perspectives (i.e., social context, organizational, professional-ideological) that, collectively, advance understanding of the salient processes involved in correctional reform. Moreover the approach views correctional reform as a comprehensive process, whereby the origins, operations, and outcomes of reform are parts of a connected whole. / The utility of an integrated and comprehensive approach is explored through its application to the origins, operations, and outcomes of a county intermediate punishment system. This illustrative case study, in effect, responds to the calls in the punishment literature for theory integration, and a concrete level of analysis that captures the day to day empirical reality of correctional reform processes. The study concludes with discussion of the theoretical and policy implications of an integrated and comprehensive approach. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-12, Section: A, page: 3999. / Major Professor: Thomas Blomberg. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77313 |
| Contributors | Lucken, Karol Marie., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 236 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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