NCJ Number
13453
Date Published
1974
Length
253 pages
Annotation
OFFENDER REHABILITATION AND THE TOTAL CORRECTIONAL SETTING, BOTH IN THE PENAL INSTITUTION AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
Abstract
THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE METHODS AND PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN TREATING THE OFFENDER. THE BOOK OPENS WITH A SECTION ON INMATE CLASSIFICATION, WHICH LEADS INTO A DISCUSSION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF THERAPY CURRENTLY IN USE. CASE STUDIES AND REPORTS ON EACH THERAPY INDICATE HOW EFFECTIVE IT SEEMS TO BE IN THE FIELD. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND NEW APPROACHES IN CORRECTIONS ARE THEN EXAMINED - PRISON VIOLENCE AND SEXUALITY, CONFLICTS BETWEEN CUSTODIAL AND TREATMENT STAFFS, EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OFFENDERS, PROGRAMS INVOLVING PARAPROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. THE LAST CHAPTER PROBES THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER THERE IS AN ANNOTATED LIST OF CORE REFERENCES. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND REPORTS DEALING WITH THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IS INCLUDED. THIS VOLUME WILL PROVIDE THE STUDENT AND OTHER INTERESTED WITH A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO THE MOST CURRENT THEMES AND PROBLEMS IN CORRECTING THE OFFENDER. IT IS DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A TEXT IN SUCH COURSES AS CORRECTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF THE OFFENDER, AND CORRECTIONAL COUNSELING. (SNI ABSTRACT)