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	NCJ Number:	NCJ 083567
	Title:	Standards Relating to Architecture of Facilities
	Author(s):	A M Greenberg
	Corporate Author:	Juvenile Justice Standards Project United States
	Date Published:	1980
	Page Count:	103
	Sponsoring Agency:	American Bar Endowment United States Andrew W Mellon Foundation United States Vincent Astor Foundation United States Herman Goldman Foundation United States National Institute of Justice US Dept Justice Office of Justice Programs United States US Securities and Exchange Cmssn Office of the Inspector General United States US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub United States
	Grant Number:	71-NI-99-0014; 72-NI-99-0032; 74-NI-99-0043; 75-NI-99-0101; 78-JN-AX-0002;76-JN-99-0018
	Sale Source:	Ballinger Publishing Co Harvard Square 17 Dunster Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
	Document:	PDF
	Language:	English
	Country:	United States
	Annotation:	These standards, part of a series of volumes of standards relating to juvenile justice administration, provide a comprehensive set of evaluative criteria for the development and realization of architectural programs for juvenile detention and corrections facilities.
	Abstract:	The principal value that pervades the standards is the concept of normalization, which advocates the development of an environment as close as possible to familiar community life. The standards recommend the development of a range of small, community-based facilities, because such facilities are able to adapt to a range of programs and policy requirements that use community resources, to architecturally relate to the buildings in the surrounding area, and to provide a richer range of security options. The standards have two basic components: procedural and environmental. The procedural component covers the architectural program, which establishes space needs according to policy guidelines and operational proposals. The environmental component refers specifically to design characteristics of facilities as they affect the administration of the facilities. Detailed recommendations are made for the design of group homes, secure corrections facilities, and secure detention facilities. Qualitative prescriptions are made for such furnishings as locks, doors, windows, and beds. A bibliography of 121 listings is provided.
	Index Term(s):	Facility security ; Juvenile correctional facilities ; Juvenile group houses ; Architectural design ; Juvenile justice standards
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