CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS - A REPORT OF CURRENT RESEARCH

• NCJ Number: 8784
• Author(s): M WARREN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 59 pages
• Grant Number(s): T21 MH 12831
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TREATMENT ELEMENTS USED IN PROBATION AND PAROLE SETTINGS IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE OF CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT.

Abstract

IN RECENT YEARS GREATER EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS. THE TREATMENT ELEMENTS REPORTED INCLUDE - TREATMENT RELEVANT CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENDERS, TREATMENT SETTINGS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, CHARACTERISTICS OF STAFF WORKERS, CASELOAD SIZE, AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS. IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF TOPICS ARE REVIEWED BRIEFLY, INCLUDING THE TREATMENT OF SPECIAL GROUPS, THE ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES FOR TREATMENT, TREATMENTRELEVANT RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, ONGOING RESEARCH WITH TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS, AND INNOVATIVE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. THE PAPER CONCLUDES BY NOTING CURRENT THEMES AND TRENDS IN CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT RESEARCH. THE INFORMATION FOR THIS PAPER WAS CONTRIBUTED BY MORE THAN 100 INDIVIDUALS FROM 25 COUNTRIES. (SNI ABSTRACT)