Moderating the Material Aspirations of Criminals and Delinquents

Norman C. Greenberg
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Abstract Evidence and theory indicate that much crime and delinquency is motivated by criminals' desire for great wealth and status based on wealth. To reduce the crime and delinquency motivated by the desire for great wealth, it will be necessary for society to adopt one of three strategies: (1) increase realistic opportunities for the legitimate acquisition of wealth by criminals and delinquents; (2) influence criminals and delinquents to moderate their material aspirations; or (3) combine the two strategies in some way.' This paper describes a method of moderating the material aspirations of criminals, a method that can be utilized alone or in combination with efforts to increase legitimate opportunities. The program consists of a series of private and group meetings. The contents of meetings are spelled out in printed pamphlets. It has been offered at a county jail and juvenile detention facilities in western Massachusetts with college students serving as staff. An experimental evaluation of the progr...
缓和罪犯和不良分子的物质欲望
证据和理论表明,许多犯罪和违法行为的动机是犯罪分子对巨大财富和基于财富的地位的渴望。为了减少由对巨额财富的渴望所引起的犯罪和违法行为,社会有必要采取以下三种策略之一:(1)增加罪犯和违法行为者合法获得财富的现实机会;(二)影响犯罪分子、违法分子节制物质欲望;或者(3)以某种方式将这两种策略结合起来。本文描述了一种缓和犯罪分子物质欲望的方法,这种方法可以单独使用,也可以与增加合法机会的努力相结合。该计划包括一系列私人和小组会议。会议的内容在印刷的小册子中详细说明。它已经在马萨诸塞州西部的一个县监狱和青少年拘留所提供,由大学生担任工作人员。对程序的实验评估…
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