
@article{ref1,
title="The prison and the inmate's conception of legal justice: an experiment in democratic education",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="1976",
author="Scharf, Peter and Hickey, Joseph",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="107-122",
abstract="Existing prison programs fail to provide opportunities for the offender to participate in meaningful democratic experiences. The Niantic Project sought to create a prison environment which would avoid the pitfalls of conventional correctional settings. The goals of the proposed alternative were to create a setting which would actively stimulate the sociolegal thinking of the inmates involved and would aid inmates in leading successful lives following release from the institution.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/009385487600300201",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009385487600300201"
}