NCJ Number
46042
Date Published
1977
Length
83 pages
Annotation
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND BULLETINS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1938 AND 1976 ON THE ECONOMIC AND REHABILITATIVE ASPECTS OF PRISON INDUSTRY IS PROVIDED.
Abstract
THE TEXT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE FIRST CONTAINS A BIBLIOGRAPHY ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME AND ENCOMPASSING MATERIAL FOUND IN THE PRISON INDUSTRY LIBRARY OF ECON, INC., PLUS RELEVANT ADDITIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION, INC. SOME 750 PUBLICATIONS DATING MOSTLY FROM THE 1960'S AND 1970'S ARE CITED; THEY COVER THE TOPICS OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, VICTIM COMPENSATION, PRISONER REHABILITATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM DIVERSION, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN OFFENDERS, AMONG OTHERS. THE SECOND SECTION LISTS ONLY THOSE MATERIALS FOUND TO BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO THE ECON STAFF. THE MATERIALS ARE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING SEVEN TOPICS: (1) JOB MARKET SURVEY, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS AND FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTRAINTS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF EX-OFFENDERS; (2) INMATE MANPOWER CHARACTERISTICS, INCLUDING OFFENDER MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMS AND OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT; (3) PRISON INDUSTRY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, STATE PRISON INDUSTRIES, FEDERAL STATUTORY LIMITATIONS, STATE STATUTORY LIMITATIONS, PRODUCT DECISIONS, MARKETING, AND STATE USE; (4) REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING RECIDIVISM STUDIES, TREATMENT PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, WORK RELEASE, INMATE SELF-CONCEPT AND MOTIVATION, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN; (5) THE ECONOMICS OF PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING THE COMPARISON OF PRISON AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY, THE ECONOMIC APPROACH TO CRIME, AND COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS; (6) STATISTICS, INCLUDING GENERAL, POSTRELEASE, RECIDIVISM, AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS; AND (7) VICTIMIZATION. MOST OF THE 250 PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SECTION DATE FROM THE MID-1960'S TO THE EARLY 1970'S. FOR OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ-45627, 46041, AND 46043-46046.