NCJ Number
35467
Date Published
Unknown
Length
22 pages
Annotation
REPORT ON A PROGRAM TO TRAIN MIDDLE MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN CORRECTIONS AND OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES, AND TO DEVELOP CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR USE IN FUTURE MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Abstract
A SERIES OF TEN SEMINARS WAS HELD FOR PERSONNEL FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND DELAWARE. EMPHASIS WAS ON WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION GROUPS IN ORDER TO FOSTER INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATION. SEMINAR MEMBERS CAME FROM SEVERAL AREAS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: CORRECTIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROBATION AND PROSECUTORS' OFFICES. ONLY ONE PRIVATE (PREVENTIVE) AGENCY TOOK PART IN THE PROGRAM. THE GREATEST PARTICIPATION, 47.1 PERCENT, WAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. CORRECTIONS, THE TARGET AREA OF THE PROGRAMS SENT 15.2 PERCENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS, ALL OF WHOM WERE PAROLE PERSONNEL. SEMINARS DEALT WITH COMMUNITY RELATIONS, MANPOWER PROJECTION AND UTILIZATION, TRAINING PROGRAMS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS AND CORRECTIONS AND UTILIZATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.