NCJ Number
31104
Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CORRECTION Volume: 37 Issue: 6 Dated: (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 20-21,36
Date Published
1975
Length
3 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR STATES THAT CONTRARY TO PREDICTIONS BY THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND GOALS. PRISON POPULATIONS ARE ABOUT TO RISE WELL ABOVE CURRENT CAPACITIES.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES WHAT HE CONSIDERS TO BE EVERY RELEVANT INDICATOR - ECONOMY, POLICY, PUBLIC ATTITUDES, CRIME RATES, PRISON ALTERNATIVES, AND POPULATION AT RISK - AND FINDS IN THEM ALL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIS CONCLUSION. IN ADDITION, PRISON POPULATION DATA INDICATE THAT A DECADE LONG PRISON POPULATION DECLINE HAD BEEN REVERSED BY 1974. MAXIMUM USE OF DIVERSION PROGRAMS, AND RAPID EXPANSION OF PRISON CAPACITIES ARE URGED IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREME OVERCROWDING AND RESULTANT PRISON DISORDERS.