NCJ Number
29795
Date Published
1973
Length
151 pages
Annotation
FINAL REPORT ON A BROAD-GAUGED EDUCATION/ACTION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND STIMULATE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION TO IMPROVE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.
Abstract
THIS PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE TO THE WIDESPREAD COMPLACENCY AND IGNORANCE OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE GOALS, PROBLEMS, AND SUCCESSES OF CONTEMPORARY CORRECTIONS. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PROJECT GOALS, THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION (ACA), IN COLLABORATION WITH THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, REPRINTED ONE MILLION COPIES OF THE PAMPHLET, 'MARSHALING CITIZEN POWER TO MODERNIZE CORRECTIONS,' THE MOST RECENT IN A SERIES OF NATIONAL CHAMBER PUBLICATIONS AIMED AT EDUCATING AND MOBILIZING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS IN A NATIONAL EFFORT TO COMBAT CRIME IN AMERICA. THE CONTENT PROVIDES A REALISTIC APPRAISAL OF THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS PROBLEMS IN LAYMAN'S LANGUAGE, A SIMPLE BUT ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE FIELD IN ALL ITS COMPLEXITY AND RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES, AND GUIDELINES FOR A NEW STRATEGY OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN BUSINESS LEADERS, CITIZEN GROUPS AND PROFESSIONALS TO UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. THE PAMPHLET HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTIRUBTIONS OF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOWARD THE IMPROVEMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND THE PLANS FOR IMPORTANT NEW PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED AT THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CORRECTIONS IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS THE DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION OF THE PAMPHLET, PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ADDITIONAL PROJECT INITIATIVES, AND PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC REACTION TO THE PAMPHLET. A STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF PAMPHLET DISTRIBUTION IS ALSO PROVIDED. THE EXTENSIVE APPENDIX CONTAINS COPIES OF PAMPHLET PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, PUBLICITY CLIPPINGS, AND SELECTED COMMENTARIES, AS WELL AS THE SCRIPT OF A SLIDE PRESENTATION BASED ON THE PAMPHLET (SEE NCJ-18245). (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)