NON-DISCRIMINATION, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND LEGAL ISSUES ON MINORITIES IN CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 11265
• Author(s): D L SKOLER; R LOWENSTEIN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: American Bar Assoc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT NATIONAL CONF ON MINORITIES IN CORRECTIONS AND LAW ENF, CHICAGO, IL, OCT 24-26, 1973

Annotation

THE RHETORIC, LEGAL PRINCIPLES, AND GOVERNMENTAL POLICY USED TO SUBSTANTIATE THE NEED FOR MORE MINORITIES IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS.

Abstract

THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THE RHETORIC WHICH TIES PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS TO THE GOALS OF MINORITY HIRING. THEY CITE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS WELL AS OTHER COURT DECISIONS INVOLVING DISCRIMINATORY JOB REQUIREMENTS.