NCJ Number
96785
Journal
Criminal Justice Review Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (Fall 1984) Pages: 53-62
Date Published
1984
Length
10 pages
Annotation
The planning and implementation of innovative correctional policies has confounded practitioners and academicians. Recently most attention has been directed toward the development of comprehensive planning models. Recognition of the limited success of these models has led to disillusionment. In this article an alternative approach, disjointed incrementalism, is proposed.
Abstract
Developed in the public administration literature, the model better addresses the obstacles that impede social change. It will be argued further, however, that to be used to explain and plan major policy change, the model must be revised to include five additional factors: character of change, timing, leadership, 'broad vision,' and control over the arena of change. To demonstrate the utility of the revised model, both as an explanatory and planning tool, it is used to examine the decarceration of juvenile delinquents in Massachusetts between 1969 and 1973. (Author abstract)