NCJ Number
14182
Editor(s)
A M BRODSKY
Date Published
1974
Length
54 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF PAPERS PRESENTED ON TREATMENT, FEMINISM, JUVENILES, AND POST-RELEASE PROGRAMS IN RELATION TO THE FEMALE OFFENDER, WITH CONFERENCE WORKSHOP REPORTS.
Abstract
THE THIRD ALABAMA SYMPOSIUM ON JUSTICE AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BROUGHT TOGETHER PROFESSIONALS, ACADEMICIANS, ADMINISTRATORS, RESEARCHERS, LINE STAFF, OFFENDERS, AND EX-OFFENDERS FROM ALABAMA AND VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY THE EAST. TOPICS COVERED IN THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED FEMINISM AND THE FEMALE OFFENDER, THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN PRISONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION TO WOMEN'S PRISONS, INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, PROGRAMS FOR JUVENILES AND AN EVALUATION OF CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMING BY AN EX-OFFENDER. REPORTS FROM WORKSHOPS ON JAILS, COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, POST-RELEASE PROGRAMS, ADULT PRISONS, AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS ARE ALSO PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)