Re: Penology

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 21:01:27 MDT


At 09:41 PM 7/29/02 +0000, R^R wrote:

>>>I believe that "D.C. Offenses" are probably the total of violations
>>>of Washington, D.C. laws

>> it appears to refer to (as it were, second-order) crimes committed
>> while in prison.

>This URL:
>http://www.dcfpd.org/motions/appeals/bribery/ellisreply.htm
>
>appears to confirm that 'DC' refers to District of Columbia for this
>purpose. What would 'DC' stand for in the case that it meant 'offenses
>while in prison'?

Department of Correction offenses is my guess, based on some desultory
googling.

Damien Broderick
[but what would I know?]
[it does seem rather odd, though, to segregate a separate tally of crimes
from one part of the USA]



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