Citation

Tibbitts C. Am. J. Sociol. 1932; 37(6): 963-969.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1932, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/215941

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article calls attention to the efforts under way for the improvement of criminal statistics. It reviews the major aspects of the development in housing and treatment of prisoners, especially in New York State and in the federal prisons. Attention is called to the appearance of training schools for prison officials and police workers, to major researches in progress or just completed, publications of the year, and miscellaneous items of interest.