EVALUATION OF THE CLINICAL PROGRAM AT THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY

• NCJ Number: 15592
• Author(s): E NORMAN; J H LARSON; D ARNOLD
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 296 pages
• Grant Number(s): A1-56
• Sponsoring Agency: North Dakota Combined Law Enforcement Council
• Corporate Author: University of North Dakota
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EVALUATION OF INMATE TREATMENT PROGRAMS AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY INCLUDING TREATMENT BY COUNSELOR'S AIDES AND GROUP COUNSELING.

Abstract

A DESCRIPTION OF THE OVERALL TREATMENT PROGRAM IS FOLLOWED BY A NARRATIVE INTERPRETATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON THE INMATE POPULATION. THE INMATE'S PERCEPTIONS OF THE TREATMENT PROGRAM AS ELICITED FROM A QUESTIONNAIRE ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SUBSEQUENT CHAPTER. PARAPROFESSIONALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE ANALYZED FOLLOWED BY AN ASSESSMENT OF GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAMS. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE TO BRING THE TREATMENT PROGRAMS MORE IN LINE WITH THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM GOALS OF REHABILITATION AND THE REDUCTION OF RECIDIVISM. THE APPENDIXES INCLUDE THE FIVE QUESTIONNAIRES USED IN THE EVALUATION AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF TREATMENT-RELATED PERSONNEL. DATA ARE PRESENTED IN NUMEROUS TABLES THROUGHOUT THE TEXT.