NCJ Number
44366
Date Published
1978
Length
357 pages
Annotation
EMPHASIZING NEW TRENDS IN CORRECTIONAL THERAPY, THIS TEXT DISCUSSES EVERY ASPECT OF THE OPERATION OF A SMALL JAIL, FROM BASIC PROCEDURES TO RESOCIALIZATION PROGRAMS AND THE USE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
Abstract
DETAILED DISCUSSIONS INCLUDE SUCH TOPICS AS CURSORY SEARCHES; THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A PROPER RECORDS SYSTEM; OFFICER DEMEANOR, DRESS, AND ATTITUDES; THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR; CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF CORRECTIONS; PREPARING THE INMATE TO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY; AND INVOLVING VOLUNTEERS IN THE RESOCIALIZATION PROCESS. THE PROCEDURE OF RESOCIALIZATION OF THE INMATE IS DETAILED FROM COMPLETE BOOKING PROCEDURES TO RELEASE INTO THE COMMUNITY. INTERVENTION COUNSELING, INTERIM JAIL TIME SERVED, PAID AND UNPAID WORK, AND COMMUNITY SPONSORED PROGRAMS ARE CITED AS SOME OF THE POSSIBLE STEPS IN THE RESOCIALIZATION PROCESS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).