The problem of traditional criminal activity and the legal system dealing with it are reviewed from police, prosecution and courts to corrections. (Author/KM)

Author discusses the problems and needs of prisoner education and vocational training with examples drawn from Leesburg State Prison, and offers planning suggestions to develop statewide educational programs in prisons. (GB)

Describes an English course for seniors and the creative influence exerted by the prison environment upon its inmates. (RK)

Examines the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Megargee typology) as a valid classification system in correctional decision making in a series of six articles. Most results urge caution in the use of the Megargee typology, finding poor test validity and test-retest reliability. (WAS)

Research among male juvenile delinquents in a custodial training facility showed that: (1) the subjects exhibited attitudes that reflected their "prisonization" (assimilation into the inmates' nonformal normative system); (2) many of the juveniles felt alienated from the institutional environment; and (3) prisonization often led to reinvolvement…

Presents an overview of the information available on Black women in the criminal justice system, highlights their statistical profile at several stages in the system, their unique problems, and future directions for research, programs, and policies. (Author/JCD)

Technological education and humanistic approaches are not essentially disparate. A correctional institution has joined both educational processes in a successful application, improving both the immates' self-concepts and their employable skills. (Author/BB)

Social perception deficits are intensified by incarceration. Social education programs can be used to identify, analyze, and remedy the difficulties experienced by the perceptually handicapped inmate. (JOW)

Presents recent evidence, obtained from a review of the literature on correctional treatment published since 1973, appealing the verdict that correctional rehabilitation is ineffective. There are several types of intervention programs that have proved successful with offender populations. (Author)

Over 2,000 state correctional facilities responded to a survey of handicapped juvenile offenders committed to state facilities throuqhout the U.S. and its territories. (Author/CL)

This article is a summary of the final report on a study, the purpose of which was to define and assess the effect of participatory management in penology. It also distinguishes legend from fact and mythology from reality. (Author)

Six case studies illustrate action research in adult education: faculty development in a museum, participation in a church congregation, retention of literacy volunteers in a corrections center, learner participation in a homeless shelter, technology innovation in a university, and infection control in a hospital. (SK)

Considers how the Nigerian theatre scene has been dominated by the necessity of practicing theatre that is of direct relevance to its audience in terms of acceptability and functionality. Notes that the "Tandari" experiences were intended to contribute to the reformation process of young people in prison. Documents the process, findings…

Examines the life of King Tone, president of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation gang from 1996-99, analyzing his moral and political careers and noting contexts behind his choices and values and the "working out of a culture and social system that is often obscured in a typified account." The paper emphasizes the "dialectics…

Examines the sociological component of the urban community-based professional education programs at New York Theological Seminary offered at Sing-Sing Prison. Explores the simultaneous use of social theory and sacred texts as teaching tools and intervention strategies in the educational and personal transformation processes of men incarcerated for…