NCJ Number
19976
Date Published
1975
Length
870 pages
Annotation
THIS COMPENDIUM CONTAINS THE FULL TEXTS OF MODEL CORRECTIONAL STATUTES AND STANDARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN DRAFTED BY MAJOR PROFESSIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS SINCE 1962.
Abstract
IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO APPRISE LEGISLATORS, CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS ON THE LARGE NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ALTERNATIVES AND APPROACHES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED IN RECENT YEARS AT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS TO STRENGTHEN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CORRECTIONS. THIS SECOND EDITION ADDS SOME 360 PAGES AND 14 NEW ITEMS TO THE 1972 EDITION. THE SELECTED MODELS COVER THE AREAS OF SENTENCING, POST-CONVICTION REMEDIES, STATE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS, THE STATUS AND RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND INTERSTATE CORRECTIONAL COMPACTS. THE IMPORTANT NEW ITEMS CONTAINED IN THIS EDITION INCLUDE THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND GOALS AND THE NATIONAL SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION'S STANDARDS FOR INMATES' LEGAL RIGHTS. OTHER ADDED ITEMS INCLUDE STANDARDS FOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HALFWAY HOUSES AND CORRECTIONAL OFFICER EDUCATION, VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE MODELS INCLUDING INTERSTATE PAROLE AND PROBATION HEARINGS AND, MANY CHARTS ON STATE CORRECTIONAL LAWS, SENTENCING, JAIL STANDARDS, ETC. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS IN EACH SUBJECT AREA, THE KEY FEATURES IN EACH OF THE MODEL STANDARDS, AND THE DIFFERENCES IN THE INCLUDED MATERIALS. IN ADDITION TO THE MODEL STATUTES AND STANDARDS, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED FROM THE WORK OF FOUR NATIONAL STUDY COMMISSIONS WHICH HAVE ADDRESSED CORRECTIONAL PROBLEMS. (SNI ABSTRACT)