PREVENTION/REHABILITATION PROGRAMS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY

• NCJ Number: 41752
• Author(s): J GOLDSMITH; B SIMMONSBECKNELL C
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 40 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-NI-06-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of New Mexico
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER PREVENTION/REHABILITATION SERVICES IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO WERE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

Abstract

ACCORDING TO THE 1970 CENSUS FIGURES, BLACKS COMPRISE 1.9 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NEW MEXICO POPULATION. THE STATE PENITENTIARY IN SANTE FE REPORTS THAT BLACKS COMPRISE 15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PRISON POPULATION. FIGURES RELEASED BY 18 PREVENTION/REHABILITATION SERVICE AGENCIES IN ALBUQUERQUE SHOWED THAT FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE BLACK. ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS TO PROVIDE PREVENTION/REHABILITATION SERVICES TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO STUDY BLACK UTILIZATION OF THESE SERVICES AND DETERMINE HOW THESE PROGRAMS COULD BETTER SERVE THE BLACK COMMUNITY. INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH A SURVEY OF 90 BLACK RESIDENTS AND 18 LOCAL AGENCIES PROVIDING PREVENTION/ REHABILITATION SERVICES WAS THE BASIS OF THIS REPORT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...MSP