NCJ Number
39394
Editor(s)
M B SANTAMOUR
Date Published
1975
Length
285 pages
Annotation
TWENTY-FIVE WORKING PAPERS FROM A CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA SYMPOSIUM, HELD FEBRUARY 23-25, 1975, WHICH ATTEMPTED TO DEFINE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ON THE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS OF THE RETARDED OFFENDER.
Abstract
HELD FEBRUARY 23-25, 1975 THE SYMPOSIUM BROUGHT TOGETHER PROFESSIONALS FROM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. THE PAPERS PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF EXISTING SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, PROFILE THE RETARDED OFFENDER, AND DISCUSS THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS AS STUDIED AND ANALYZED BY RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD. MODEL PROJECTS FOR EDUCATING CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL ON THE NATURE OF RETARDATION, AS WELL AS TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED JUVENILE, YOUNG ADULT AND ADULT OFFENDERS, ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. THE FINAL FIVE PAPERS CONSIDER THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF RETARDED OFFENDERS AND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZEN. THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED, ALONG WITH A 146-ITEM BIBLIOGRAPHY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)