WISCONSIN - GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYMENT AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME - REPORT, FEBRUARY 2-3, 1976

• NCJ Number: 40083
• Author(s): L R EULER; W A FRANKS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 187 pages
• Corporate Author: Wisconsin State Manpower Council
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TRANSCRIPT OF A CONFERENCE THAT DEALT WITH EMPLOYMENT AND THE REDUCTION OF CRIME.

Abstract

THERE WERE SEVERAL OBJECTIVES TO THE CONFERENCE. THESE INCLUDED EXAMINING THE ROLE THAT INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES COULD HAVE FOR POTENTIAL OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS ALONG WITH THE TRADITIONAL ROLES OF PUNISHMENT AND ISOLATION, AND EXAMINING THE EFFORTS BEING MADE BY BUSINESS AND LABOR IN TRAINING AND EMPLOYING OFFENDERS. THE CONFERENCE ALSO REVIEWED THE NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS AND THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS NECESSARY TO PREPARE OFFENDERS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED LABOR, BUSINESS, CIVIC, POLITICAL, AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERS....BS