VOLUNTEERS LOOK AT CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 2186
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 29 pages
• Corporate Author: Joint Cmssn on Correctional Manpower and Training
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A DETERMINATION OF THE ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS OF A SMALL BUT POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT SEGMENT OF CORRECTIONAL VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK IN AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

Abstract

THE VOLUNTEERS ARE IMPORTANT FOR WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO WITH AND FOR THE OFFENDER - THAT IS, AS ADDITIONAL MANPOWER IN A FIELD WHERE SHORTAGES CONSTANTLY PLAGUE OPERATIONS. OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE IS THEIR CAPACITY FOR BRINGING CORRECTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY CLOSER TOGETHER. THE IMPLICATIONS WHICH THE FINDINGS OF THIS SURVEY MAY HAVE FOR THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONS ARE EXAMINED. THE PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED HERE IS NOT WHETHER EXISTING VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS ARE GOOD OR BAD, OR WHETHER AGENCIES SHOULD DEVELOP VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. RATHER IT IS THIS - IF AGENCIES WISH TO USE VOLUNTEERS, HOW THEY CAN DO SO MOST EFFECTIVELY.