CLASSIFICATION BY BEHAVIORAL CATEGORIES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT (FROM AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETY-NINTH ANNUAL CONGRESS - SEE NCJ-02839)

• NCJ Number: 10092
• Author(s): R Gerald
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT ACA MEETING, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, AUG 17-22, 1969

Annotation

INCOMING YOUTH ARE DIAGNOSED AND CLASSIFIED INTO TREATMENT-RELATED BEHAVIORAL CATEGORIES BY UTILIZING A CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES.

Abstract

STUDENTS ARE THEN ASSIGNED TO STAFF MEMBERS, APPROPRIATELY MATCHED ACCORDING TO INTERESTS AND ABILITY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS TO WORK WITH PARTICULAR TYPES OF STUDENTS. THE FOUR BASIC BEHAVIORAL DIMENSIONS EMPLOYED IMMATURE, NEUROTIC, PSYCHOPATHIC, AND SUBCULTURAL - ARE DELINEATED AND OBJECTIVES FOR TREATMENT SCHEMES APPROPRIATE TO EACH ARE OUTLINED.