Legal Aim, Discretion, and Social Control
A Case Study of the Federal Youth Corrections Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9680299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael R Gottfredson (0000-0002-5311-0751, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), MARILYN A CHANDLER (Niagara University), Lawrence E Cohen (The University of Texas at Austin) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-118 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1983.tb00253.x |
| OpenAlex | W1533484192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
This study attempts to ascertain how the legal a i m of rehabilitation are applied, as well as their social control consequences for a group of offenders sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (FYCA) of 1950. Discriminant function analyses were conducted on a random sample of 452 persons selected f o r a “special” FYCA rehabilitative disposition and 758 persons accorded a regular punitive disposition, to determine 1) the factors that influence the judge's choice between these two outcomes; and 2) if persons sentenced under the special rehabilitative provision spend more or less time incarcerated, relative to those given a regular disposition Our analyses indicate that age is the single discriminator of much significance in determining whether an offender is given a FYCA or regular disposition, with younger persons more likely to receive rehabilitative treatment. Little support was found for the contention that greater intrusiveness of social control inevitably results from adoption of a rehabilitative form of social control as opposed to a regular punitive disposition. The implications of these findings for the application and consequences of the FYCA are discussed
Control (management · Discretion · Disposition · Intrusiveness · Political science · Punitive damages · Social control · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Disability Education and Employment · Education Discipline and Inequality · Law · Psychology · Rehabilitation · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |