Correctional Voluntarism in the l980's

• NCJ Number: 92856
• Journal: Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation Volume: 8 Issue: 1-2 Dated: (Fall/Winter 1983) Pages: 83-90
• Author(s): S L Swart
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 8 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. This paper is a revised version of one first presented on August 17, 1982, at the American Correctional Association Convention in Toronto, Canada.

Annotation

The author first explains the need to reexamine volunteer programs in light of budgetary problems now found within corrections.

Abstract

After identifying the questions that must be addressed, he explores the contributions to be found in recent professional literature. He then describes two contemporary volunteer programs and closes by using the data pertaining to these programs to further clarify the current status and possible future directions of correctional voluntarism. (Author abstract)