National Manpower Survey, 1973-1976 / Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 7675.

ICPSR ; 7675

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law enforcement--Vocational guidance--United States.

Law enforcement.

Law enforcement--Vocational guidance.

Criminal justice personnel--Training of.

United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Vocational guidance--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Vocational guidance.

Criminal justice personnel--Training of--United States.

Criminal justice personnel.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection contains information from a series of national surveys, conducted simultaneously across the criminal justice system, to ascertain national manpower strengths and goals, agency information and characteristics, and attitudes of the agency heads during the period 1973-1976. The National Manpower Survey was undertaken to assess the adequacy of existing federal, state, and local training and education programs meeting current personnel needs in various law enforcement and criminal justice functions and operations. The study intended to project future personnel and training needs, by occupation, in relation to anticipated availability of qualified personnel in order to assess the future adequacy of training and educational resources. It also sought to establish "needs priorities" as a basis for future training and academic assistance programs to be funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The study design systematically covered the personnel needs in all state and local governmental agencies that were part of the law enforcement and criminal justice system. Sectors within the system included: (1) law enforcement, consisting of police departments and sheriff's agencies, ranging in size from one-person constabularies to large city departments employing 20,000 or more individuals, (2) corrections, including both adult and juvenile correctional institutions and agencies, and (3) the judicial process, including a wide range of courts with varying jurisdictions and scope, district attorneys or prosecutors' offices, and public defenders' offices. For this study, the Bureau of Social Science Research was responsible for the acquisition and assessment of existing statistical data as well as the design and execution of systematic mail surveys of agencies, officials, and employees within the law enforcement/criminal justice system. Nine nationwide surveys were... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07675

Contents:

Part 1: Large Police Department Chiefs' Survey; Part 2: Small Police Department Chiefs' Survey; Part 3: Large Sheriff Department Chiefs' Survey; Part 4: Small Sheriff Department Chiefs' Survey; Part 5: Chief Prosecutors' Survey; Part 6: Chief Defenders' Survey; Part 7: Wardens of Adult Correction Facilities Survey; Part 8: Directors of Juvenile Correctional Facilities Survey; Part 9: Chief Probation and Parole Officers' Survey; Part 10: Court Administrators' Survey; Part 11: Administrative Officer of the Court Survey; Part 12: Codebook, Volume 1: Large Police Department Chiefs'Survey; Part 13: Codebook, Volume 2: Small Police Department Chiefs'Survey; Part 14: Codebook, Volume 3: Large Sheriff Department Chiefs'Survey; Part 15: Codebook, Volume 4: Chief Prosecutors' Survey; Part 16: Codebook, Volume 5: Chief Prosecutors' Survey; Part 17: Codebook, Volume 6: Chief Defenders' Survey; Part 18: Codebook, Volume 7: Wardens of Adult CorrectionalFacilities Survey; Part 19: Codebook, V...

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Start: 1973; and end: 1976.

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