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INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY CORRECTIONS AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - TENTH ANNUAL INTERAGENCY WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS, 1975

NCJ Number
46564
Date Published
1975
Length
130 pages
Annotation
PAPERS FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FORUM ON THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY ARE PRESENTED.
Abstract
TOPICS COVERED IN THE 22 PAPERS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: COMPLICATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF DELINQUENTS; DELINQUENCY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CHANGING POLICE LEADERSHIP; THE STATUS OF CORRECTIONS; AND THE IMPACT OF A COURT DECISION ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CORRECTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. OTHER TOPICS ARE THE FOLLOWING: IMPROVING CORRECTIONS; THE DRUG SCENE; CHANGE AGENT IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION; IMPROVING THE JUDGE'S SENTENCING FUNCTION; THE FUTURE OF IMPRISONMENT; THE U.S. ARMY RETRAINING BRIGADE; CORRECTIONS AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO CRIME; ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE USE OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE FAMILY, AND THE SOCIAL AGENCY; AND A SHERIFF'S PERSPECTIVE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN THE CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS; REHABILITATION OF SEX OFFENDERS; RAPE TREATMENT, DETECTION, AND PREVENTION; COCORRECTIONS; AND THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND PROBATION OFFICERS. SEE ALSO NCJ 46565-46582. (LKM)