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Download full textMcArthur, Virginia A. – 1974
Women offenders have needs that can be met through concerted action by individuals or community groups. To familiarize community groups with the problems of women offenders and to describe some programs to assist them, the booklet begins with a brief description of the criminal justice process and describes the place of women offenders in this…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals
California State Human Relations Agency, Sacramento. Board of Corrections. – 1971
This comprehensive 1-year study of California's correctional system by a system task force was intended to: (1) describe the current correctional system in California from adjudication or sentence to dismissal, (2) develop the most efficient and effective, yet reasonably attainable, model for this system, and (3) prescribe and evaluate alternate…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Correctional Institutions
EMPEY, LAMAR T. – 1967
THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT DISCUSSES VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL PRACTICES FOR ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS, AND DESCRIBES POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES. ALTERNATIVES TO PRETRIAL INCARCERATION OF ADULT OFFENDERS ARE SUPERVISED RELEASE, DAYTIME RELEASE, RELEASE IN THE CUSTODY OF A THIRD PARTY, SUMMONS INSTEAD OF ARREST, AND REVISED BAIL PROCEDURES. ALTERNATIVES TO…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Action, Community Programs, Correctional Institutions
Smith, Robert R.; And Others – 1974
The report describes the results from a survey of the study-release policies of the 50 State correctional systems, the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The data reported are for the year 1971, and they were collected during 1972. Every correctional agency responded to the survey questionnaire and,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedSarri, Rosemary – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Empirical data show that there are more negative consequences for youth offenders committed to institutional rather than community-based programs. However, public policy, governed by political factors rather than knowledge of the relative effectiveness of alternative programs, favors punishment and retribution over rehabilitation goals.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Community Support, Comparative Analysis
Levine, Mark, Comp.; Kravitz, Marjorie, Ed. – 1979
This is a bibliography of documents selected from the data base of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service that provide an overview of comprehensive treatment programs in local jails. The citations follow an explanation of how to obtain the documents and are arranged under the following topics: (1) state of the art, (2) jail management and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Citations (References), Community Programs
