Austin H MacCormick
Biographic Data
| ID | 5685800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Austin H MacCormick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Austin H |
| FAMILY NAME | MacCormick |
| SIGNATURE | MACCORMICK A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1931 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Behind the Prison Riots
T HE years 1952-53 have the dubious distinction of being the darkest years in modern American penal history. During the eighteen months from April 1952 through September 1953 there were about thirty prison riots, or other major disturbances-more than had taken place in the entire preceding quarter-century. In 1951 there were a few disturbances that now appear comparatively unimportant in retrospect. The riots of greatest magnitude and importance …
The Róole of an Independent Society in Correctional Reform
The Prison's Role in Crime Prevention
A paper delivered at the Columbia University Forum for the Study and Prevention of Crime. Mr. MacCormick was formerly Commissioner of Correction of New York City (1934-39) and Assistant Director of the U. S. Bureau of Prisons (1929-33). During the war he was the Army's chief consultant on correctional problems, and received the Presidential Medal for Merit for his work in that capacity. He became executive director of the Osborne Association in 1…
Children in Our Jails
Handbook of American Institutions for Delinquent Juveniles. Volume IV, Virginia-North Carolina
Delinquency Control
Delinquency Control Austin H. MacCormick, and William H. Kinney CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.32.1.97-a Published Online: October 03, 2011
Penal and Correctional Aspects of the Alcohol Problem
A Basis of Rationing for Federal Prisoners
A Basis of Rationing for Federal Prisoners Paul E. Howe, and A. H. MacCormick CopyRight*Read before the Food, Drugs and Nutrition Section of the American Public Health Association at the Sixtieth Annual Meeting at Montreal, Canada, September 14, 1931. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.22.4.375 Published Online: August 29, 2011
A Study of the Diets of Federal Prisoners
A Study of the Diets of Federal Prisoners Paul E. Howe, and A. H. MacCormick CopyRight*Read before the Food, Drugs and Nutrition Section of the American Public Health Association at the Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting at Fort Worth, Tex., October 29, 1930. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.21.9.993 Published Online: August 29, 2011
The Education of Adult Prisoners
Education in the Prisons of Tomorrow
Behind the Prison Riots
T HE years 1952-53 have the dubious distinction of being the darkest years in modern American penal history. During the eighteen months from April 1952 through September 1953 there were about thirty prison riots, or other major disturbances-more than had taken place in the entire preceding quarter-century. In 1951 there were a few disturbances that now appear comparatively unimportant in retrospect. The riots of greatest magnitude and importance …
A Study of the Diets of Federal Prisoners
A Study of the Diets of Federal Prisoners Paul E. Howe, and A. H. MacCormick CopyRight*Read before the Food, Drugs and Nutrition Section of the American Public Health Association at the Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting at Fort Worth, Tex., October 29, 1930. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.21.9.993 Published Online: August 29, 2011
The Education of Adult Prisoners
Education in the Prisons of Tomorrow
A Basis of Rationing for Federal Prisoners
A Basis of Rationing for Federal Prisoners Paul E. Howe, and A. H. MacCormick CopyRight*Read before the Food, Drugs and Nutrition Section of the American Public Health Association at the Sixtieth Annual Meeting at Montreal, Canada, September 14, 1931. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.22.4.375 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Penal and Correctional Aspects of the Alcohol Problem
Delinquency Control
Delinquency Control Austin H. MacCormick, and William H. Kinney CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.32.1.97-a Published Online: October 03, 2011
Handbook of American Institutions for Delinquent Juveniles. Volume IV, Virginia-North Carolina
Children in Our Jails
The Prison's Role in Crime Prevention
A paper delivered at the Columbia University Forum for the Study and Prevention of Crime. Mr. MacCormick was formerly Commissioner of Correction of New York City (1934-39) and Assistant Director of the U. S. Bureau of Prisons (1929-33). During the war he was the Army's chief consultant on correctional problems, and received the Presidential Medal for Merit for his work in that capacity. He became executive director of the Osborne Association in 1…
The Róole of an Independent Society in Correctional Reform
Behind the Prison Riots
T HE years 1952-53 have the dubious distinction of being the darkest years in modern American penal history. During the eighteen months from April 1952 through September 1953 there were about thirty prison riots, or other major disturbances-more than had taken place in the entire preceding quarter-century. In 1951 there were a few disturbances that now appear comparatively unimportant in retrospect. The riots of greatest magnitude and importance …
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)