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Direct linkZhang, Sheldon X.; Roberts, Robert E. L.; Callanan, Valerie J. – Crime & Delinquency, 2006
In the late 1990s, California legislators funded a statewide, community-based correctional program intended to reduce parolee recidivism. Overseen by the California Department of Corrections, the Preventing Parolee Crime Program (PPCP) provided literacy training, employment services, housing assistance, and substance abuse treatment to tens of…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation Programs, Correctional Institutions
Johnson, Carolyn, Comp.; Kravitz, Marjorie, Comp. – 1978
This bibliography on halfway houses contains seventy-two entries (includes books, journals, films, technical reports, and government publications) which address the critical issues in halfway house operations, evaluations, and innovations. Each entry includes an annotation preceded by the appropriate bibliographic information, such as author,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textImel, Susan – 1986
Correctional education is a generic term describing a wide range of educational activities that take place in institutional and community settings. In 1986, 37 states and the District of Columbia provided correctional education to incarcerated adults directly through state departments of corrections. In addition, several states have created…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Correctional Education, Disabilities, Educational Needs
National Inst. for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1979
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, is establishing a new discretionary grant program entitled Replication of Project New Pride: A Serious Offender Youth Treatment Program. Project New Pride was chosen for replication because of its demonstrated effectiveness in Denver, Colorado,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Delinquency
