Section 5087 Of Chapter 3.5. The Robert Presley Center Of Crime And Justice Studies From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.5.
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. The chancellor of the Riverside campus may appoint an
advisory committee to assist in establishing research priorities. The
university shall consult with the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, local law enforcement, probation,
parole, and correctional agencies, and persons of experience or
education in other higher education institutions in the field of
corrections or related fields on the activities of the center. These
projects shall be related to the center's goals as specified in
Section 5086 and may also include, but not be limited to, applied and
theoretical research in the following areas:
(a) Methods of ensuring secure, cost-effective, safe, and
gang-free incarceration in California's correctional institutions,
including approaches to ameliorate overcrowding in those
institutions.
(b) New approaches to reduce inmate and ward recidivism and
consequent victimization of California citizens.
(c) Correctional facility management, planning, design, and
construction.
(d) New approaches to rehabilitate inmates and wards during and
after incarceration and to integrate offenders into society after
incarceration.
(e) New approaches to inmate and ward diagnosis, classification,
and treatment.
(f) At-risk youth and street gang activity.
(g) Law enforcement.