A Sense of Injustice?:

Abstract

7he literature on the impact qfprocessing adefendanr through the criminal Abstract .justice system has long assumed rhat this experience created a "sense of injustice" for defendants which militated against rehabilitative efSorts nithin correctionalsetrings. The current research examined this assumption with data collected,from a sample of inmates in a medium anda maximum security institution within a midwestern state. Thefindings serve to question the assumption qf the development of a sense of injustice, as most inmates perceive rhemselves as having been treated fairly by the criminal ,justice system. It is also ,found rhat there is little relationship between attitudes toward the preprison crimina1,justice system and measures ofprisonization. The results are discussed in reference to their relevance to the,funcrionaland importation models of prisonization.

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