Correctional Rehabilitation Study Act of 1965: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session. May 20, 24, and 27, 1965Considers S. 1807 and S. 1920, to authorize an HEW-funded study of manpower and training needs in the field of correctional rehabilitation. |
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Page 128 - The member must proceed with caution when attempting to evaluate and interpret the performance of minority group members or other persons who are not represented in the norm group on which the instrument was standardized.
Page 150 - We cannot tolerate an endless, self-defeating cycle of imprisonment, release, and reimprisonment which fails to alter undesirable attitudes and behavior. We must find ways to help the first offender avoid a continuing career of crime.
Page 128 - The member must provide specific orientation or information to the examinee(s) prior to and following the test administration, so that the results of testing may be placed in proper perspective with other relevant factors. In so doing, the member must recognize the effects of socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural factors on test scores.
Page 97 - ... availability of educational opportunities for persons in, or preparing to enter, such field, the adequacy of the existing curriculum and teaching methods and practices involved in the preparation of persons to work in such field, the effectiveness of present methods of recruiting personnel for such field and the extent to which personnel in the field are utilized in the manner ,which makes the best use of their qualifications.
Page 103 - ... developed, conducted, and administered with the maximum feasible participation of residents of the areas and members of the groups served...
Page 128 - ... 7. When reporting research results, explicit mention must be made of all variables and conditions known to the investigator that might affect the outcome of the investigation or the interpretation of the data.
Page 67 - Training, established by subsection (b) of this section, to make grants to pay part of the cost of carrying out a program of research and study of the personnel practices and current and projected personnel needs in the field of correctional rehabilitation and of the availability and adequacy of the educational and training resources for persons in, or preparing to enter such field, including...
Page 153 - ... grants, only on condition that such organizations have agreed among themselves to undertake and conduct, a coordinated program of research into and study of all aspects of the resources, methods? needs, and practices referred to paragraph (1). "(3) As used in paragraph (2), the term 'organization...
Page 125 - The marks of a profession, and therefore of a professional organization, can be stated as follows: 1. Possession of a body of specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes known and practiced by its members. 2. This body of specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes is derived through scientific inquiry and scholarly learning. 3. This body of specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes is acquired through professional preparation, preferably on the graduate level, in a college or university as...
Page 128 - In selecting tests for use in a given situation or with a particular client the member must consider not only general but also specific validity, reliability, and appropriateness of the test(s).