ATTITUDES TOWARD THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, V 1

• NCJ Number: 10260
• Author(s): R DEMILLE; M V KINSKY
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 155 pages
• Grant Number(s): 92-DF-09-0100B
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Public Safety Systems, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Note: TECHNICAL REPORT FOR VENTURA COUNTY MODEL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Annotation

ATTITUDINAL PROFILES OF RESIDENTS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (CJS) EMPLOYEES, AND COUNTY PRISONERS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF INFORMATION GATHERING, AND PLANNING.

Abstract

SURVEY METHOD AND STATISTICAL ANALYSES ARE DESCRIBED OF THE RESPONDENTS GROUPED ACCORDING TO VALUE CONCEPTS, GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, AGE, ETHNIC GROUPS, AND OTHER VARIABLES. 'THE ONLY IMPORTANT SHORTCOMING OF THE SAMPLE WAS THAT VERY FEW MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY RETURNED THEIR QUESTIONNAIRES'. 'IN GENERAL, IT CAN BE SAID THAT RESIDENTS FEEL ALLIED WITH THE EMPLOYEES AGAINST CRIME-DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO POINTS OF VIEW REFLECT NOT DISAGREEMENT, BUT DIFFERENT ROLES AND INFORMATION. THE RESIDENTS ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTION FROM HARM, SUPPRESSION OF CRIME, AND RENDERING OF JUSTICE. THE EMPLOYEES STRESS MANY TECHNICAL SHORTCOMINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT. FORTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE SURVEYED PRISONERS SPONTANEOUSLY NAMED FOOD AS ONE THING IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT. HOWEVER, BOTH BAD TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AND UNSATISFACTORY VISITING PRIVILEGES SURPASSED FOOD AS NAMED SOURCES OF DISSATISFACTION'. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS SAMPLE SURVEY MATERIALS, I.E. QUESTIONNAIRES, SURVEY PACKETS, AND ALSO INCLUDES PROBABILITY TABLES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)