NCJ Number
19528
Date Published
1974
Length
236 pages
Annotation
AN OVERVIEW OF THE TREATMENT, STAFF, AND PROGRAMS OF THE BRITISH COMMUNITY HOME SYSTEM FOR JUVENILES, WITH SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES FROM ONE APPROVED SCHOOL WHICH THE AUTHOR CHOOSES TO CALL WELLSIDE SCHOOL.
Abstract
AMONG THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF DELINQUENCY, THE OBJECTIVES OF RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, JUVENILE COURT PROCEDURES, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, AND PSYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES ON THE CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY. AGAINST THIS GENERAL BACKGROUND, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE WELLSIDE FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, STAFF SELECTION, THE STAFF ROLE, THE ROLE OF FORMAL EDUCATION IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, AND THE ROLE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THE BOOK ENDS WITH A CONSTRUCTIVE PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)