1959

In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman outlines probation as a special alternative to the criminal-making influences of the prison system, stating that probation can effectively replace detention; although it is considered in the public mind as a form of leniency and improperly administered it becomes “beating the rap.” Two men with criminal experience are interviewed to illustrate this alternative. Meeker and Lohman delve into the necessary requirements to make probation an instrument for controlling criminal behavior and if its potentialities for reclaiming those who have strayed outside the social role are to be used to the fullest extent. 

WTTW, Chicago; Joseph D. Lohman; Ben S. Meeker; Alan Sweetow; Chalmers Marquis; Hans W. Mattick; John H. Gagnon

National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center

Educational

Imprisonment ; Prisoners and prisons ; Alternatives to imprisonment--United States ; Probation.

IU Audio-Visual Center

IUL Moving Image Archive

English

1 Film (0:29:01); 16mm

IULMIA Film Database: 40000003328830; Other: GR00451894; MDPI Barcode: 40000003328830