The State's Guardianship over Criminals

The C.A.M.W. Guardianship Scheme

an increase of 188 cases during the year 1929." On the same date there were 1,327 defectives on licence from Institutions. The development, therefore, of this form of care during the intervening years has been steady, and is progressing, partly owing to the continued delay in the provision of institutional accommodation, and more particularly owing to its proved value. The Guardianship Society ...

Characteristics of criminals: the privileged offender.

In studying the etiology of crime, criminological theories rest, to a large extent, on studies based on registered offenders from the lower social classes. Their living conditions have inspired criminologists to develop so-called social deprivation theories to explain crime. According to these theories factors such as bad housing conditions, inadequate education systems, poor job opportunities,...

Sentences for Sex Criminals

Assessing dangerousness in criminals.

This article formulates a definition of the term dangerousness, indicates why the commission of dangerous offences cannot be reliably predicted, and then reviews the several factors which have been or might be used by those who have to make decisions about dangerousness in criminals. Its suggests that these factors are useful insofar as they help to illuminate the individual's capacity to feel ...

Creating born criminals

should not be exaggerated. Certainly, further investigation is justified if only because of the statistical and demographic significance of accidental injury and death. In Britain in 1991 more than 50 per cent of deaths among minors (aged 5-14) were attributed to accidents, while in the same year accidents were the commonest cause of death for people in the age range 19-34. Infants are hard hit...