Title: NCJRS Catalog #40, NCJRS Collectibles. Series: NCJRS Catalog Author: NCJRS Published: May/June 1998 Subject: Criminal justice 4 pages 9,000 bytes ------------------------------- Figures, charts, forms, and tables are not included in this ASCII plain-text file. To view this document in its entirety, download the Adobe Acrobat graphic file available from this Web site or order a print copy from NCJRS at 800-851-3420. -------------------------- Selections From the NCJRS Collection The following is a selection of publication and audiovisual materials available from NCJRS. Look it over for items you may have missed when they were first announced. To order items, check the appropriate NCJ number on the order form. Building Integrity and Reducing Drug Corruption in Police Departments Bureau of Justice Assistance 1989. 136 pp. NCJ 120652. $15 U.S., $19.50 Canada and other countries. Provides results of a study conducted in six major city police departments that examined the contributing factors of drug-related police corruption and recommended methods of improving integrity in policing. With input from the police departments of Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, San Diego, and Washington, D.C., this study focused on three principal areas. The first section, on the applicant selection process, explains the importance of measuring applicants against department standards, the possibility of standard compromise, and the significance of selection criteria. The second section addresses the importance of reinforcing and strengthening integrity among police officers, and the final section highlights possible anticorruption efforts and techniques used by departments and recommends ways to strengthen department initiatives. Crime File: Juvenile Rehabilitation National Institute of Justice 1990. Videotape. 28 min., 30 sec. NCJ 123677. $21.30 U.S., $23.41 Canada, $30.74 other countries. Focuses on the Paint Creek Youth Center, a treatment program for serious juvenile offenders in Bainbridge, Ohio, and presents a panel discussion of the effectiveness of such programs and issues in expanding their use. The Paint Creek program has "open" facilities and uses intensive, positive peer pressure to force residents to confront the consequences of their behaviors. This 1-year program is structured around a point system that measures progress in positive changes, and role modeling and role playing are used to teach the development of positive attitudes and behaviors. Panel discussion includes an explanation of the admittance criteria; the program's effectiveness in reducing recidivism; the benefits of being managed by a private, nonprofit group; problems related to expansion of the program; and the value of various juvenile treatment techniques. Family Violence: Interventions for the Justice System Bureau of Justice Assistance 1993. 33 pp. NCJ 144532. $15 U.S., $18.50 Canada and other countries. Presents findings of two federally funded family violence research projects conducted from 1986 to 1990. While both projects were designed to develop and document improved justice system practices for handling cases of family violence, one project emphasized criminal prosecution and the other focused on coordination of services. This Program Brief highlights 10 critical elements for improving justice system practices-- program leadership, early case identification and response, designated personnel, coordination, written policies, affirmative prosecution, formal entry of court orders, formal monitoring and enforcement, treatment programs for batterers, and training for police and court personnel--and considers the cost for providing these services. Improving the Use of Management by Objectives in Police Departments National Institute of Justice 1987. 105 pp. NCJ 105669. $13 U.S., $17.50 Canada and other countries. Examines critical issues police departments face when deciding about the adoption, design, and implementation of management-by-objectives (MBO) programs. Based on data collection between 1983 and 1984 of 300 police departments, results indicate that MBO systems may have considerable potential for helping police departments motivate management personnel to improve service delivery and service outcomes. Properly designed MBO programs include elements such as setting objectives and performance targets, obtaining feedback, and increasing participation by low- and mid-level management. However, because most police departments did not take advantage of the motivational potential of such programs, the study found problems related to vague objectives, insufficient performance review and training, inadequate reporting systems, and exclusion of low-level managers. The study includes 12 notes and 159 references. National Directory of Corrections Construction: 1993 Supplement National Institute of Justice 1993. 363 pp. NCJ 142525. $32 U.S., $41 Canada and other countries. Provides corrections officials with a wide range of options for decisionmaking on corrections construction. This directory describes construction and financing methods and costs for 148 of the prisons and jails completed and operational since 1985. The listings include facilities that serve special inmate populations and those that use advanced technology. The facilities are described with respect to their construction time, costs for specific components, construction type, dimensions, inmate design capacity, inmate housing areas, construction process, inmate cells, security systems, current staff, and architect's comments. Floor plans, appended background information, and annotated lists of related publications are provided. Open Versus Confidential Records: Proceedings of a BJS/SEARCH Conference Bureau of Justice Statistics 1988. 69 pp. NCJ 113560. $13 U.S., $17.50 Canada and other countries. Provides background information on the issues involved with open versus confidential records, the perspectives of the competing interests for both privacy and openness, and the implications of expanding public access to criminal justice records. Based on the 1987 National Conference on Open Versus Confidential Records, these proceedings cover a wide agenda, including discussion of the National Crime Information Center and its integrity and use. The "Setting the Scene" section provides legal and policy analyses of the public availability of criminal history records as well as a discussion of the demand for those records by noncriminal justice agencies. The "Forces for Change" section discusses private employers and the media accessing criminal history records and access to juvenile justice records, and the "Implications of Change" section offers a social science perspective on the issues. Reduced Recidivism and Increased Employment Opportunity Through Research-Based Reading Instruction Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 1993. 73 pp. NCJ 141324. $13 U.S., $17.50 Canada and other countries. Discusses the hypothesis that research-based reading instruction can be used to reduce recidivism and increase employment opportunities for incarcerated juvenile offenders. The research found that reading failure is most likely a cause, not just a correlate, for the frustration that can result in delinquent behavior. To remove the barriers to improved reading instruction, especially for individuals with disabilities, teachers must be provided with the opportunity to acquire a knowledge of the alphabetic principles that govern English spelling and become confident in using instructional programs that incorporate intensive, systematic phonics methods. Researchers found that inservice training must come from private sector literacy providers because departments of education, schools, and colleges have not provided this type of instruction. A 38-item annotated reference list is included. What Works: Promising Interventions in Juvenile Justice: Program Report Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 1994. 257 pp. NCJ 150858. $19 U.S., $26.75 Canada and other countries. Provides a listing of 425 prevention and treatment programs in the juvenile justice system that have been designated as promising interventions. Based on results of a national survey of 3,000 juvenile justice professionals, including juvenile and family court judges, court administrators, probation officers, and line staff, this directory contains the following information for each entry: program name, program type, contact person, address, target population, type of administration, structure, staff, per diem rates, annual budget, evaluation date, primary intervention, and a program summary. The ages and genders of the juveniles treated also are given. Programs are grouped under 23 classifications that denote their primary intervention.