The Indeterminate Sentence at Patuxent

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This paper is a review of Maryland's Defective Delinquency Law, which identifies a group of chronic criminals who are dangerous to society and provides for their treatment along with, perhaps, their indeterminate detention in Patuxent Institution. Several sections of the law have come under legal attack; among them, the indeterminate sentence provision has been most se verely and most frequently attacked, although it is, from the therapist's point of view, the single most effective tool in the treatment of these men. In recent decisions, all the way up to the United States Court of Appeals, the law has been held to be constitutional, and treatment practices under it have led to one of the lowest recidivism rates in the United States.

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