NCJ Number
27787
Editor(s)
M L BUNDY,
K R HARMON
Date Published
1975
Length
169 pages
Annotation
THIS REFERENCE BOOK PROVIDES A GUIDE TO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, AND ORGANIZATION OF 490 CITIZEN AND PROFESSIONAL PRISON REFORM GROUPS.
Abstract
THE ENTIRE RANGE OF TYPES OF GROUPS WHICH COMPRISE THE PRISON REFORM MOVEMENT ARE REPRESENTED - LEGAL, RELIGIOUS, PRISONER GROUPS, CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, PRISON COALITIONS, PRESS, AND MANY OTHER LOCAL AND NATIONAL GROUPS WORKING ON PRISON ISSUES. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE IS BASED ON QUESTIONNAIRE RECEIVED FROM GROUPS DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1975. THIS VOLUME, WHICH CONTAINS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF EXISTING GROUPS, IS THE BASE VOLUME IN WHAT IS PLANNED TO BE A CONTINUING SERVICE. IT IS STATED THAT AS INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ABOUT AN APPRECIABLE NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS, SUPPLEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. TO ENHANCE THE USEFULNESS OF THE DIRECTORY, SPECIAL LISTINGS AND INDEXES PROVIDE CONVENIENT ACCESS TO GROUPS BY TITLE, BY MAIN ACTIVITY AND BY THE TYPE OF ISSUES THEY ADDRESS. THERE ARE ALSO SEPARATE LISTINGS OF PRISON PERIODICALS AND PRISON AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE LITERATURE DISTRIBUTED BY THESE GROUPS. THE DIRECTORY IS ALSO DESIGNED TO BE A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR EVALUATION OF THE GROUPS, THE ISSUES, AND THE SPHERE OF PRISON REFORM ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY. (SNI ABSTRACT)