LEGAL SERVICES, PRISONERS' ATTITUDES AND "REHABILITATION"

This article discusses a study which investigated the effect of legal services on the attitudes and rehabilitation of prisoners in Washington State. The increasing role of law in human affairs has become the subject of intense political and scholarly debate. Much of this debate is focused on over cr...

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Publicado en:Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 616 - 627
Autores principales: Alpert, Geoffrey P., Finney, John M., Short Jr., James F.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Northwestern University Winter1978
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          Alpert, Geoffrey P.
          Finney, John M.
          Short Jr., James F.
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          Legal Ombudsman, Lane County District Attorney's Office, Eugene, Oregon
          Registrar, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
          Professor of Sociology and Director, Social Research Center, Washington State University
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        Rehabilitation of criminals
        Prisoner attitudes
        Recidivism
        Legal services
        Legal assistance to prisoners
        Pro bono publico legal services
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          Rehabilitation of criminals
          Prisoner attitudes
          Recidivism
          Legal services
          Legal assistance to prisoners
          Pro bono publico legal services
      ab: This article discusses a study which investigated the effect of legal services on the attitudes and rehabilitation of prisoners in Washington State. The increasing role of law in human affairs has become the subject of intense political and scholarly debate. Much of this debate is focused on over criminalization of behavior and on the mobilization of power to influence lawmaking and its enforcement. In 1972, the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services contracted with the Seattle-King County Legal Services Center to provide civil legal assistance to eligible adult residents of all Washington State correctional institutions and their families. The goal of the Prisoner's Legal Services Project was to provide for the legal rights of prisoners and to reduce recidivism. Discovery of an institutional behavior effect subsequent to the attitudinal measures obtained directly from inmates is encouraging, but hardly conclusive of behavior effects like those involved in recidivism. Because the legal order is central to so many aspects of life, learning to cope with problems with the aid of legal counsel becomes increasingly important. In the long term, this may be the outcome of greatest importance in legal aid to prisoners, minorities and the poor.
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