NCJ Number
96157
Date Published
1979
Length
85 pages
Annotation
This codebook presents the questionnaire, variables, and coding information for the data set resulting from the survey of wardens of adult correctional institutions conducted from 1974 through 1976 as part of the National Manpower Survey.
Abstract
The introduction describes the study and discusses data standards as well as codebook information. The overall study, which included 11 separate surveys, assessed the adequacy of current criminal justice and law enforcement training programs, projected future training needs, and established need priorities for future training and assistance programs to be funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. The survey was addressed to the heads of State diagnostic and reception centers; maximum, medium, and minimum security closed institutions; and mental hospitals whose entire patient populations were criminal commitments. The file includes 220 cases, which is 76.9 percent of adult correctional facilities. The codebook describes the variables and the data format. The appendix presents the 'major obstacle' survey question and the list of code values for the States.