Arkansas's Housewright leaves Vienna for corrections chief
Vernon G. Housewright, after 11 years as warden of Vienna Correctional Center, is named director of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. He expanded Vienna from 200 to 800 beds, earned accreditation, and emphasized education and reintegration. He praises the area and staff as he moves to the statewide role.
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Vernon G. Housewright
Vienna
Housewright
Arkansas Department of Corrections
State Department of Corrections
Department of Corrections
Commission On Accreditation For Corrections
Arkansas
James T Farrell’s Chicago Novels and Studs Lonigan Legacy
Farrell, famed for Studs Lonigan and more than 50 works, shaped Chicago ethnic life in the World War I era. Born on the South Side, he pursued writing in New York after parochial schooling and Chicago study. Despite late criticism, he argued postwar tastes shifted toward surrealism, while his later work defended enduring social themes.
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James T. Farrell
Chicago
America
Farrell
Studs Lonigan
South Side
University of Chicago
New York
Lonigan
John Steinbeck
Richard Wright
Communist Party
Wright
John Dos Passos
Stalin
Kurt Vonnegut
Juvenile justice swings between punishment and rehabilitation
An editorial examines how U S juvenile justice balances punitive measures with rehabilitation. It notes rising calls to punish serious juvenile crime while deinstutitionalizing status offenses like running away or truancy. It cites FBI percentages, Kennedy and Silberman critiques, and federal pushes for prevention and deinstitutionalization influencing states.
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Marc Leepson
Washington
United States
FBI
U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Charles Silberman
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Congress
Office of
Juvenile Justice and
Justice Department
West Germans weigh Nazi trials after Holocaust TV impact
West German views on prosecuting Nazi crimes shifted after NBC's Holocaust aired eight weeks in Jan and Feb. Polls show 64 percent deeply shaken and 39 percent opposed continued trials, with 63 percent retrospectively approving Hitler assassination plot. Public debate spurred by the German version, dialect and regional airing, touched families and lawmakers and influenced the legislature's stance on extending prosecutions.
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Wolfgang Wagner
Hannover
West Germay
West Germany
Adolf Hitler
U.S
United States
Seeds of Youth Violence Rise From School Neglect
Candy Schulman reflects on a high school subway assault and a culture of neglect that fuels violence among emotionally disturbed students. She links家庭 abuse, overloaded social services, insufficient counselors, and delayed treatment to recurring incidents like knife threats, concussions, and expulsions.
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Candy Schulman
New York
Sys
Joey
Amy
William
Rudy
Ellen
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Illinois
Are Leepson
Michael S. Serrill
NBC
Germany
Euae
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
West
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