NCJ Number
26945
Date Published
1972
Length
314 pages
Annotation
A PERSONAL REVIEW OF THE INEQUITIES, PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF CONTEMPORARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS, DRAWN LARGELY FROM THE AUTHOR'S OBSERVATION OF COURTS AND CORRECTIONS IN NEW YORK AND NEW YORK CITY.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR OPENS HIS COMMENTARY BY RECOUNTING EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH ASSOCIATION WITH ANNA KROSS, NEW YORK CITY COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS FOR 12 YEARS BEGINNING IN 1954. HE THEN DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF FAMILY COURT AND CONSIDERS THE VALUE AND NECESSITY OF THE FAMILY STRUCTURE. THE FINAL TWO CHAPTERS TREAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DILEMMA OF AMERICAN CITIES AND THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF PRISONS AS DRAMATIZED BY THE ATTICA PRISON REVOLT. THROUGHOUT THE BOOK MUCH OF THE AUTHOR'S CRITICISM FOCUSES ON THE LACK OF MONEY WITH WHICH TO IMPROVE OR REFORM CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.