NCJ Number
32340
Date Published
1974
Length
102 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION AND STATISTICAL PROFILE OF POLICE INTAKE, CORRECTIONS INTAKE, CORRECTIONS TREATMENT, AND CORRECTIONS AFTER CARE PHASES OF THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM IN A REGION OF A CANADIAN PROVINCE.
Abstract
THE REPORT PROVIDES A STATISTICAL PROFILE OF THE NORTHERN CORRECTIONS POPULATION IN TERMS OF: AGE/SEX, NATURE OF SENTENCE, PLACE RESIDENCE, LENGTH OF SENTENCE, TYPE OF OFFENCE, ADMISSION BY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, MARITAL STATUS, PERSONS DETAINED UNDER I.P.D. ACT, REASONS FOR DISCHARGE, SENTENCED OFFENDERS BY DEGREE OF RECIDIVISM, ETC. IT IDENTIFIES RECENT TRENDS IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION, AND THUS TO DEVELOP PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE NEEDS. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN INVENTORY OF CURRENT CORRECTIONAL RESOURCES IN THE NORTH: FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, MANPOWER (INCLUDING BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES), (E.G. PAROLE HOSTELS, HALF-WAY HOUSES, REHABILITATION CAMPS, COURT COMMUNICATORS, R.C.M.P., BAND CONSTABLES, JAILS, ETC.) (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)