DAYS OF NEW WINE AND PRESSED ROSES (FROM INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY CORRECTIONS AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES INTERAGENCY WORKSHOP - PROCEEDINGS - ANNUAL, THIRTEENTH - HOUSTON (TX), 1978 - SEE NCJ-66183)

• NCJ Number: 66191
• Author(s): V G STRECHER
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Sam Houston State University
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NCJ-66191 AVAILABLE ON MICROFICHE (SEE NCJ-66183) FROM NCJRS.

Annotation

THE IMPACT AND INNOVATIVE QUALITIES OF THE MASSIVE FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN COMBATING CRIME UNDER THE SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968 ARE CRITIQUED AND PLANNING SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED.

Abstract

THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT THE FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN CRIME FIGHTING SINCE 1968 HAS DONE MORE THAN GENERATE NEW TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND RECYCLE OLD KNOWLEDGE. WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE OPERATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SECTORS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS AN EXAMINATION OF WHERE WE STAND IN REFERENCE TO OUR HISTORY, INCLUDING THE EVOLUTION OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS, PROFESSIONAL ROLES, ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH CRIME. CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION SHOULD BE EXAMINED FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY'S ULTIMATE PROBLEMSOLVING NEEDS. MONEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE INVESTED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH, BUT PRIMARILY AT THE APPLICATION LEVEL. THE FOCUS SHOULD BE UPON TRANSLATING KNOWLEDGE INTO EFFECTIVE SOCIAL ACTION. FEVERISH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY SHOULD BE TEMPERED WITH REALISTIC LONG-TERM PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVE GRADUAL CHANGE. (RCB)