NCJ Number
49145
Date Published
1976
Length
305 pages
Annotation
GENERAL SESSION ADDRESSES, SECTIONAL MEETING PAPERS, AND BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES FROM THE 1976 GATHERING ARE PRESENTED.
Abstract
GENERAL SESSION ADDRESSES, PRESENTED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT AND BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION, TOUCH ON SOCIETY'S EXPECTATIONS OF CORRECTIONS AND ON THE ISSUES FACING CORRECTIONS IN THE BICENTENNIAL YEAR. SECTION PAPERS DISCUSS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN INSTITUTIONS, CLASSIFICATION, PRISON POPULATIONS (PROJECTIONS, OVERCROWDING), DRUG OFFENDERS, AND PRISON INDUSTRIES. OTHER SECTION PAPERS DEAL WITH JUDICIAL INTERVENTION IN CORRECTIONS, JUVENILE OFFENDERS, LEGAL ISSUES, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND RESEARCH (PRISON POPULATION PROJECTION TECHNIQUES, AMELIORATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF OVERCROWDING IN PRISONS, RESIDENTIAL INMATE AFTERCARE). ALSO DISCUSSED ARE COLORADO LEGISLATION REGARDING VICTIM RESTITUTION, EVALUATION OF CORRECTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND FEMALE OFFENDERS. SEE ALSO NCJ-47957 AND 49146-49174. (LKM)