IMPROVING PENNSYLVANIA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH UPGRADED STANDARDS AND GOALS - A SURVEY OF PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE 'MANAGERS' TO DETERMINE ATTITUDES AND REACTIONS TO STANDARDS RECOMMENDED BY THE NATL ADV COMM..

• NCJ Number: 17173
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 41 pages
• Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Cmtte for Criminal Justice Standards and Goals
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF SOME 650 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS IN WHICH THE RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED KEY QUESTIONS CONCERNING APPLICABILITY OF THE STANDARDS AND IMPLEMENTATION POSSIBILITIES.

Abstract

A WIDE-SPREAD DISSEMINATION OF STANDARDS AND GOALS, ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION, WAS MADE THROUGHOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. A SURVEY ON THESE STANDARDS WAS THEN DISTRIBUTED. AN OVERALL REVIEW OF THE SURVEY RESPONSES SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF POSITIVE OBSERVATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF STANDARDS AND GOALS AS A MEANS OF UPGRADING PENNSYLVANIA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WAS FOUND. THE INFORMED CITIZENS WERE AWARE THAT A SIGNIFICANT GAP EXISTS BETWEEN PRESENT PRACTICE AND STANDARDS, AND A SUBSTANTIAL AND PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS APPROPRIATE TO PENNSYLVANIA WAS FOUND TO BE FAVORED. THE RESPONSES TO THE POLICE, COURTS, CORRECTIONS, COMMUNITY, AND INDIVIDUAL STANDARDS ARE DISCUSSED. INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIXES ARE A SAMPLE SURVEY INSTRUMENT AND TABULATED QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)