NCJ Number
62420
Date Published
1976
Length
43 pages
Annotation
RESEARCH AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSICE FIELD WERE DISCUSSED IN SPEECHES AND WORKSHOPS AT A 1976 SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL CLEARING HOUSE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE AND THE LEAA.
Abstract
SPEAKERS INCLUDED THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ARCHITECTURE; THE ADMINISTRATOR OF LEAA WHO DESCRIBED THE LEAA BLOCK GRANT CONCEPT, DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS, PLANNING TO IMPROVE CORRECTIONS AND REDUCE CRIME, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; A LAWYER WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE OMNIBUS CONTROL SAFE STREETS ACT; THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT; THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE OFFICE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION OF LEAA: AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION. TOPICS COVERED DURING THE SYMPOSIUM INCLUDED THE ROLE OF THE LEAA, PROSPECTS AND TRENDS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING, STATE CORRECTIONAL PLANS, PROBLEMS OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SUCH AS OVERCROWDING AND STAFF SELECTION, ALTERNATIVES TO JUVENILE INCARCERATION, AND THE FEMALE OFFENDER. ARCHITECTURAL ASPECTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITIES WERE ALSO DISCUSSED IN ADDITION TO FUNDING STRATEGIES, CENTRALIZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY TO COURTS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. (MJM)