NCJ Number
59701
Editor(s)
V FOX
Date Published
1978
Length
289 pages
Annotation
THIS 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON CORRECTIONS WAS CONVENED BY THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND THE CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN MARCH 1978.
Abstract
TWENTY-SEVEN PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE AT THE CONFERENCE. SUBJECTS OF INTEREST WERE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS IN CORRECTIONS, ETHICS IN THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CORRECTIONAL POLICIES, ETHICAL TRADITIONS AND CORRECTIONAL TRAINING, PRISON COUNSELING AND THE DILEMMA OF CONFIDENTIALITY, AND A RESPONSIBILITY MODEL OF CORRECTIONAL ETHICS. THE EMERGENCE OF CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE EVOLUTION OF CORRECTIONAL LAW WAS DISCUSSED ALSO AS WERE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATORS, PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION IN HIRING EX-OFFENDERS, VICTIM COMPENSATION AND OFFENDER RESTITUTION, COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND THE USE OF VOLUNTEERS. TOPICS COVERED RELATING TO CORRECTIONS' CLIENTS ONLY INCLUDED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR INMATES, DISCIPLINARY OFFENSE PATTERNS OF MALE AND FEMALE INMATES, PRISON EMPLOYMENT, ELDERLY CRIMINALS, PROBLEMS IN CORRECTIONAL CLASSIFICATION AS RELATED TO COURT-ORDERED POPULATION REDUCTION, AND FEDERAL COURT AND STATE PRISON REFORM. FINALLY, PAPERS ALSO DEALT WITH PRESS RELATIONS, RESEARCH FINDINGS ON THE WORKLOAD UNIT FOR PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION, THE TREATMENT OF DEVIANCE, EXPUNGEMENT (EFFECTS OF LEGAL STIGMA), AND RESTITUTION AS ONE APPROACH TO CRIME CONTROL. DATA, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND FOOTNOTES ARE INCLUDED. AN APPENDIX LISTS PERSONS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONFERENCE. (DEP)