Book Reviews : Suspended Sentence Marc Ancel Heinemann. £1.50
| Published date | 01 September 1971 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057101700312 |
| Date | 01 September 1971 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Suspended Sentence
Freedom, Authority, and
Marc Ancel
the Young Adult
Heinemann. £1.50
John Bazalgette
Pitman. £1.80
Written for the Cambridge Institute of
Criminology, this is perhaps primarily
This book is the result of a report to
an academic work.
the Department of Education and Sci-
ence. It concentrates on the interaction
Monsieur Ancel’s purpose is to trace
between adults and
the developmental history of the notion
groups of young
of
people. The method is confrontation of
suspension of a definite penalty in
adults in
several countries but,
authority by
naturally enough,
groups of young
his interest lies mainly in French and
people from differing milieu-a student
Belgian practice. It is fascinating to look
group, a group of boys on probation, a
at the national differences
group of young employees from the
over a period
of time, in the approacl towards in-
same firm, and others. Examination is
creasing consideration of the personal-
made, inter alia, of the defences of
ity of the individual offender, when the
visiting adults, factors influencing the
behaviour of
decision arises
such visitors, some inter-
as to how he should be
dealt with. Each of the nations he
pretation of the situation, and an assess-
men-
tions ~has its
ment of the
own &dquo;mixture&dquo; of provis-
present structures and
ions connected with the suspended sen-
potentialities for change in the genera-
tion
tence, including probation in one form
relationship.
or another. At any one time, the precise
A penetrating and shrewd analysis of
nature of this &dquo;mixture&dquo; can tell us quite
the attitudes and predicaments of people
a lot about attitudes within the nation
in these situations is made by Mr. Baz-
concerned.
algette. It is of great significance that
Statistical
information,
including
what seems to emerge is that those who
graphs, relates primarily to the use which
were aware of their authority as adults
has been made of the suspended sen-
yet able frankly to...
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