Citizens' Groups and Penal Progress

The author is chairman of the Program in Corrections at the Florida State University at Tallahassee. In 1956, he was a participant in the Delinquency Control Institute at the Arizona State College at Tempe. He was formerly psychologist and Assistant Deputy Warden in charge of Individual Treatment at the State Prison of Southern Michigan. Dr. Fox is the author of a recently published book, VIOLENCE BEHIND BARS, which is based upon his experiences in the riot there in 1952 and an analysis of prison riots in general. The material for this article was collected by the author's seminar in Social Action during the spring semester, 1956. Participating members of the seminar were: Mary Almore, Leslie Bauer, Frank Beauchamp, Gustav Bischoff, Worth Conn, John Connell, Sherman Goss, John Kilkeary, Glenn McClellan, Paul Murchek, Odessa Steyerman, and Elinor Welbes Gerston.-EDITOR.