VOLUNTEERS IN JUSTICE - OBSERVATIONS ON A MOVEMENT

• NCJ Number: 43024
• Author(s): P L WESTON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 30 pages
• Grant Number(s): 77DF-99-0027
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Assoc on Volunteers in Criminal Justice
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PREPARED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE 1976 SIXTH NATIONAL FORM ON VOLUNTEERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Annotation

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE BASIS OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND LOOKS AT THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE MOVEMENT.

Abstract

THE FIRST SECTION REVIEWS THE EXTENT OF JUSTICE VOLUNTEERISM NOTING PROGRAMS IN VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICAN JUSTICE AS WELL AS DATA INDICATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH EFFORTS. THE EVOLUTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE VOLUNTEERISM INTO A NATIONAL MOVEMENT IS REVIEWED, EMPHASIZING THE EVENTS WHICH SPAWNED THE CREATION, IN 1977, OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON VOLUNTEERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. NATIONAL FORUMS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE 1970'S ON VOLUNTEERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ILLUSTRATE THE EXTENT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AND THE INCREASING VISIBILITY OF THE MOVEMENT.