Nebraska Criminal Justice Review, December 2004.

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CONTENTS:|Court For Young Adult Offenders Is The Result Of Extensive Collaboration By Stuart Dornan|The Douglas Co. Juvenile Assessment Center: A First Year Evaluation By Kim Culp|Restorative Justice Coalition And The Nebraska Correctional Association Plan To Co-Host A Spring Conference By John Krejci|Douglas Co. Corrections Supervises Over 1000 Offenders Outside The Jail, In The Community|Lincoln’s Drug Court Makes Adversaries Come Together To Help Addicts|Community Corrections Council Update: Spending Political Capital? By John Krejci|Nebraska Probation Administration Provides The Low Cost Alternative To Incarceration For Convicted Offenders|Nebraska Sex Offenders Appear To Be Disproportionately Passed Over For Parole. Many Are Released Without Benefit Of Parole.|Allocation For Inmate Education Remains Low In Fiscal Year 2004 - Less Than 1% Of Nebraska Correctional Services Budget|Evaluations Of Ncjr Show Strong Overall Approval, With Need For Attention To All Parts Of Criminal Justice System By Mel Beckman|Informal Inmate Survey Shows Concern About Prison Medical And Dental Services|Some Inmates Find Their First Home, After Prison, At An Oxford House|Wide Spectrum In Rates Of Imprisonment|Prison Doors Open For Approved Volunteers: What They Do, What Services Are Needed, Who To Call|Crossroads Connections: One Model Of Prison Ministry By Anne Marie Kenny|Vote Nebraska Initiative Wants Ex-Felon Voting Rights Restored More Quickly By Mel Beckman|Bits & Pieces|Letters