In this six part report on Prison Libraries and Information Services, emphasis is placed upon services, collections of materials, and facilities for inmates, particularly of Maximum and Medium Security Penal Institutions. Content includes: examination of past and present conditions using a survey of the literature, standards and objectives of…

Addressed primarily to planners facing the challenge of changing both the directions and scope of services provided by community jails, this report describes the trends and alternative ways of dealing with offenders which bear directly on future jail operations. The report considers jail functions, administrative models, and physical design. (BH)

The Ward Grievance Procedure of the California Youth Authority is one of 17 programs that earned the National Institute's "Exemplary" label. This brochure provides the requisite practical information for those who wish to test or consider testing the ward grievance procedure. The program was developed as a way of dealing with the questions raised…

Briefly describing the history of prison reform and the American Indian, this article argues that the "professed" humanitarian philosophy of the reformers would not have been extended to "peoples languishing in prison or sequestered on reservations had it not been expedient for the business interests of the larger society". (JC)

Compares the senior high school to prison life with all its rigidity and security measures, and, as well, to the community college, a place with no enforced legal attendance requirements and a lack of required courses. States that students are much more likely to become motivated to learn if six suggestions on school policy are followed. (RK)

Describes a longitudinal study of changes over time in prisoners' attitudes toward police and lawyers. Evidence suggests that incarceration fosters more positive evaluations of police and more negative evaluations of lawyers. (Author/AV)

Presentence evaluations conducted by psychologists and psychiatrists (clinicians) and correctional counselors (caseworkers) were subjected to multiple regression analyses in order to specify the relative contribution of inmate characteristics (offense severity and recidivism probability) and decision-maker response biases to sentencing…

The stress on Management By Objectives, particularly the emphasis on achieving the unattainable goal of reducing the crime rates or recidivism, has led to several ineffectual administrative styles in criminal justice. The author describes these phenomena and traces their causes. (Author)

Presents the historical development of halfway houses as a transitional residence for offenders being released from an institution plus current criticisms and issues regarding these programs. (Author/HMU)

Based on two courses taught by the author, the article focuses on the challenges of prison teaching at the college level. It discusses inmate motivation for taking courses, dangers of advising inmates on legal matters, and scheduling problems specific to correctional institutions. (Author/CH)

Social workers (N=313) rated three vignettes illustrating cases of father-daughter sexual abuse for amount of responsibility borne by father, daughter, and mother. The more responsibility attributed to father and daughter and the less attributed to the mother, the more likely they were to recommend the father's incarceration. (Author/DB)

Presents health profile of the female offender. Discusses needs in areas of gynecology, breast assessment, and health education and services related to childbearing and parenting. Describes incarcerated health care delivery system and looks to communication and education, nursing personnel, and community resources for potential solutions to…

Responding to Dodd's critique of his 1986 article on teaching psychology in prisons, Osberg defends his statement that prison students are comparable to traditional university students. Contends student achievement is due to remedial courses in basic skills. Discusses prison classroom "norm violations" and lists some special considerations…

Data were compiled from records and a questionnaire administered to 103 adult males in a Center for Social Adjustment (Poland) who had been imprisoned at least twice previously. Results suggested an indirect relationship between lower levels of education and vocational/professional training, single or divorced marital status, and frequency of…

Discusses the Just Community Approach to corrections that, partly through the use of participatory democracy, strives to make the two cultures into a single community in which staff act as leaders and advocates for justice and the welfare of the community, rather than as authoritative managers of the correctional institution. (CT)