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- Title
Report of the Representative to the American Correctional Association.
- Authors
Ohlin, Lloyd E.
- Abstract
This article presents the Representative of the American Sociological Association to the American Correctional Association (ACA). The correctional field continues to show a growing interest in the development of research on correctional problems and in exploiting the practical implications of the theoretical and research contributions which sociologists are in a position to make. The last meeting of ACA was especially well attended and the subsequent discussion of sociological perspectives on correctional organization exhibited a lively interest in the potential value of social science theory and research findings for administrative practice. This growing awareness of the usefulness of social science for correctional policy is being expressed in an increased eagerness to find competent persons to undertake research in correctional establishments. There is still a reluctance to accept sociologists who have not bad some previous exposure to correctional environments. A development of special interest to sociologists in the past year has been the establishment of two centers for the advancement of research interest in correctional matters.
- Subjects
AMERICAN Correctional Association; ANNUAL meetings; AMERICAN Sociological Association; SOCIOLOGISTS; SOCIAL sciences; SOCIOLOGY
- Publication
American Sociological Review, 1960, Vol 25, Issue 6, p954
- ISSN
0003-1224
- Publication type
Report