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A perceptual analysis of the social climate within the Texas Department of Corrections
(Sam Houston State University, 1974-05) Gebhardt, Bruce John,1948-; Bramlett, Billy W.; Bramlett, Billy W.; Vanburkleo, Robert L.; Kercher, Glen A.
Purpose: The objectives of the Social Climate study were to: (1) survey a selected sample of inmates and custodial officers of the Texas Department of Corrections with the Social Climate Scale, Form B, Revised (Moos, 1968), which assesses the social climate by measuring twelve dimensions of environmental press; (2) analyze both sample responses to determine the perceptual social climate on each prison unit; (3) determine whether there were significant variations in the responses for each social climate subscale as recorded by the inmate and the officer samples on the same unit; (4) determine the overall social climate and its significance in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Fingerprint identification: a survey of present technology, automated applications and potential for future development
(Sam Houston State University, 1974-05) Foote, Robert Dean,1944-
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the present level of technological advancement as applied to dactylography. By providing adequate background data, with respect to historical development and standard methods of usage, an adequate assessment of problem areas and limitations which are involved in the application of automation to fingerprint technology can be made. Finally, through extrapolation of pertinent research and innovation, a comment on the future of fingerprints as an identification medium is offered.
The delinquent in state schools for the mentally retarded
(Sam Houston State University, 1974-05) Eissler Jr., Victor C.,1950-; Friel, Charles M.; Friel, Charles M.; Weisenhorn, Donald J.; Kiekbusch, Richard
Purpose: The goals of this study were: (1) to identify the incidence of anti-social behaviors and delinquent histories among recent admissions to Texas state schools for the mentally retarded; and (2) to formulate suitable strategies for the custody and treatment of the defective delinquent.
Methods:
All persons selected for the sample were admitted to a state school during the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation's fiscal year 1970 which covered the period beginning September 1, 1969, and ending August 31, 1970. The group of persons admitted during this time period numbered 1,981. In order to reduce the final sample to only those admissions with a reasonable likelihood of contact with the criminal justice system, the initial sample was screened on the basis of: age less than ten, serious sensory or physical defect ambulation, and IQ less than 35. Any person satisfying one or more of these criteria were systematically excluded from the final sample. Four hundred and thirty persons remained to form the final sample. The basic research instrument was a personal
history inventory taken by means of a questionnaire given to each subject's caseworker. The questionnaire surveyed demographic characteristics and the incidence of anti-social and delinquent behaviors as well as criminal/delinquent histories. Additional data were compiled from information routinely gathered by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
Findings:
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Only approximately one quarter of the admissions to state schools in Texas during the period covered by the study had the mental and physical potential requisite for possible contact with the criminal justice system.
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Of those persons resident at state schools who are at least minimally capable of contact with the criminal justice system, a significant number exhibit intra-institutional behaviors which are delinquent or pre delinquent in nature and which act to disrupt existing institutional treatment programs.
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Behaviors which appear to be significant intra- institutional problems include lying, sexual aggressiveness, stealing, heterosexual acts, and masturbation. Significant numbers of subjects also exhibited hyperactive behavior, assaultive behavior on both employees and patients, destroying property, temper tantrums, and other hostile behavior.
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Although substantial numbers of residents at state schools exhibit behaviors of an anti-social or delinquent iv
nature, very few have been formally adjudicated as delinquent or had contact with the criminal justice system.
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In virtually all categories of criminal history and anti-social behavior, juveniles were represented more
heavily than adults. Juvenile males showed the greatest
incidence of most anti-social and criminal behaviors.
A typological investigation: patterns of criminal behavior
(Sam Houston State University, 1975-08) Driskell, John Arlen,1939-; Solomon, Hassime; Killinger, George A.; Barrum, James A.
The purpose of this study was to explore the typologies
of Marshal B. Clinard and Richard Quinney. They have outlined their typologies in their book Criminal Behavior Systems
Their classification which was developed from the study of various criminal behavior patterns has emerged into the following typologies:
Violent Personal Criminal Behavior'
Occasional Property Criminal Behavior
Public Order Criminal Behavior
Conventional Criminal Behavior
Political Criminal Behavior-
Occupational Criminal Behavior
Corporate Criminal Behavior
Professional Criminal Behavior
Organized Crime
These nine typologies have all been subjected to five theoretical
dimensions. These are legal aspects of selected offenses, criminal career of the offender, group support of criminal behavior, correspondence between criminal and legitimate behavior and social reaction and legal processing. It was the object of this study to affirm Clinard and Quinney's theory by using actual behavior patterns of convicted felons for five of the most common criminal typologies.
Mental retardation: a history and its relation to crime
(Sam Houston State University, 1971-09) Davis, Beth Kidd,1947-; Friel, Charles