DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

• NCJ Number: 2184
• Author(s): R K MCNICKLE
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 68 pages
• Corporate Author: Joint Cmssn on Correctional Manpower and Training
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPERS PRESENTED AT A SEMINAR ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES FOR CORRECTIONS

Annotation

INFORMATION FOR CORRECTIONAL PRACTITIONERS CONCERNING THE VARYING VALUES AND LIFE STYLES OF MINORITY GROUPS WHO ARE OFTEN OVERREPRESENTED IN THE SYSTEM.

Abstract

MAJOR PAPERS PRESENTED AT A SEMINAR DESIGNED TO DISCUSS THE WAYS IN WHICH MINORITY GROUPS DIFFER FROM THE DOMINANT SUCIETY. PAPERS ARE PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF MINORITY GROUPS OR OFFICERS WHO HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM, AND COVER MEXICAN-AMERICANS AND SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLES, AMERICAN INDIANS, JAPANESE-AMERICANS, NEGROES, PUERTO RICANS. DISCUSSIONS INCLUDE JOB CORP EXPERIENCE WITH MINORITIES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CORRECTIONS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AMONG INMATES.