INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE REHABILITATION SYSTEM (FROM DRUG ABUSE - MODERN TRENDS, ISSUES, AND PERSPECTIVES, 1978, BY ARNOLD SCHECTER ET AL - SEE NCJ-48582)

• NCJ Number: 48594
• Author(s): D E JONES
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Marcel Dekker, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED AT THE 2ND NATIONAL DRUG ABUSE CONFERENCE, NEW ORLEANS (LA), 1975

Annotation

ALTERNATIVES TO CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICE SYSTEMS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE ARE SUGGESTED.

Abstract

THE CONFLICT ARISES FOM DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ROLES OF THE TWO SYSTEMS AS TRADITIONALLY VIEWED; I.E., THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS THE STERN, RIGID, DISCIPLINING 'FATHER'; AND THE REHABILITATION SYSTEM AS THE FEELING, NURTURING 'MOTHER.' TRADITIONALLY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PUNISH THE WRONGDOER, WHEREAS THE REHABILITATION SYSTEM HAS SOUGHT TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN COPING WITH THEIR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THE ROLE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH REGARD TO THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT NUMEROUS ASPECTS OF THAT ROLE: PREVENTION; POLICE; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; PROSECUTORS; COURTS; AND CORRECTIONS. REHABILITATION TECHNICIANS NEED TO VIEW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS AN ALTERNATIVE. A CONCEPT OF REHABILITATIVE JUSTICE IS SUGGESTED, TOGETHER WITH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING THE CONCEPT. TWO FLORIDA PROGRAMS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE BENEFITS OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH ARE DESCRIBED. ONE PROGRAM INVOLVES A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER'S USE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LIAISON COMMITTEE, WHILE THE OTHER REPRESENTS A REGION EFFORT TO ADVOCATE REHABILITATIVE JUSTICE. (LKM)