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 Public Policy and Prison Populations - Measuring Opinions About Reform
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*Judicature* Volume: 68 Issue: 4-5 Dated: (October-November 1984) Pages: 190-201
Author(s)
          S D Gottfredson;
                        R B Taylor
Date Published

1984
Length
              12 pages
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              This report discusses the 'correctional crisis' in Maryland and presents results from opinion surveys of correctional policymakers, the general public, and criminal justice personnel.  The study was part of a larger research project concerned with correction reform efforts in Maryland.
Abstract
              Eighty policymakers in corrections were interviewed.  Following this survey, a sample survey of 601 Maryland residents was conducted from Dec. 12, 1980, to Jan. 5, 1981. A random digit-dialing telelphone interviewing method was used. A third survey -- of 2,207 criminal justice system personnel -- was carried out in 1981. Usable questionnaires were returned by 1,138 persons.  Survey results indicated that no single factor was considered responsible for Maryland's correctional crisis, but rather a complex set of issues appeared to underlie the dissatisfaction of all those surveyed. These issues focused on several major factors: lack of alternatives to traditional incarceration and crowding; dissatisfaction with correctional administration; and factors affecting the corrections systems such as poor condition of existing facilities, lack of manpower, and insufficient funding. Additional issues were poor relations between corrections staff and corrections leadership; the impact on corrections of other criminal justice subsystems; and a lack of coordination in the criminal justice system, poor planning, and sentencing practices. A detailed analysis of these issues and their interrelationships and an examination of specific survey findings conclude the paper. One table and one figure are provided.
      
  
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                                80-IJ-CX-0104


  
  
        
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