NCJ Number
31874
Date Published
1973
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS TAPED DISCUSSION IS CONCERNED WITH THE SOCIAL PRIORITIES INVOLVED WITH THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF VICTIMLESS CRIMES AND WITH THE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
Abstract
BOTH KINDS OF DECRIMINALIZATION (REMOVING CERTAIN ACTIVIIES FROM THE CRIMINAL CATEGORY AND DIVERTING OFFENDERS AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM) POSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC POLICY MAKING, ASSERTS THE DISCUSSION LEADER. THIS TAPE IS PART OF A SERIES OF EIGHT TAPES (NCJ-31870-31877) ON THE POSTURE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE YEAR 2000, WHICH SELLS FOR $59.40. THE TAPES WERE EDITED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE ON 'THE POLITICS OF CHANGE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM'.