This study examined the phenomenon of crime and punishment ì
in the contemporary United States. The research emphasis in the ì
study was placed on the development of recommended approaches to ì
corrections to reduce the rate of recidivism among youthful ì
offenders. The reasoning underlying this approach to the study ì
of crime and punishment in the United States was that the ì
reduction of recidivism among youthful offenders would over the ì
long-term be manifested in reduced overall crime rates in the ì
Chapter 1, which follows this introduction to the study, ì
examines the phenomenon of crime in the contemporary United ì
States. Some contemporary and innovative approaches to ì
corrections in the United States are examined in Chapter 2. ì
Suggested approaches to corrections for the future are presented ì
in Chapter 3, which concluded the study.ì
CRIME IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATESì
Criminal anti-social behavior in the 1990s is shockingly ì
high and increasing in frequency. ¼ 3.ls1
1D. Steffensmeier, and C. Streifel, "Age, Gender, and Crime ì
Across Three Historical Periods," Social Forces, 69 (March 1991): ì
¼ Defining crime is in itself ì
important in the determination of what constitutes criminal ì
deviance in society, and in the development of strategies to ì
reduce the frequency of criminal deviance. If one person sees ì
another act with relative impunity in the context of corporate ì
crime, white collar crime, or alcohol-related driving offenses, ì
that person may well be tempted to commit their own form of ì
criminal deviancy, and their choices to commit some criminal ì
behavior of their own choosing may be more understandable in this ì
2M. L. Benson, and E. Moore, "Are White-Collar and Common ì
Offenders the Same?" Journal of Research in Crime and ì
Delinquency, 29 (August...