Contradictory Purposes in Prisons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14828131 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis N Robinson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 449 |
| Publication date | 1947-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-2731 • E-ISSN: 2160-0015 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1138955 |
| PMID | 20242519 |
| OpenAlex | W86205544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Dr. Robinson is an experienced penologist. He served for two years as Chief Probation Officer of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia; was on the Board of the Eastern Penitentiary for eight years; and was Chairman for one year of the Pennsylvania State Board of Parole during which time he organized the work and placed it on a solid footing of civil service requirements. He is the author of several books in penology the latest of which appearing in 1944 was entitled JailsCare and Treatment of Misdemeanant Prisoners. Dr. Robinson believes, as his article indicates, that American prisons fail because they are attempting to accomplish too many purposes some of which are mutually contradictory. He believes that in the choice of the warden these contradictory purposes find their expression and that so long as this is true progress in prison reform will be slow, halting and confused.-EDITOR
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 2012 (39) |
| Highly cited | No |