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EVALUATION OF THE INCREMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ASKLEPIEION COMMUNITY ON POST-INCARCERATION ADJUSTMENT OF CONVICTED FELONS

NCJ Number
29337
Author(s)
A L Paddock; R J Scott
Date Published
Unknown
Length
97 pages
Annotation
VOLUNTARY TREATMENT PROGRAM UTILIZES SYNANON-TYPE CONFRONTIVE GROUP THERAPY WITHIN A TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.
Abstract
POST-RELEASE BEHAVIORAL RESULTS, COLLECTED FROM SUPERVISING PAROLE OFFICERS, SHOWED BETTER EMPLOYMENTRELATED ADJUSTMENT FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES. OTHER MEASURES, INCLUDING SOCIAL-PERSONAL VARIABLES AND RECIDIVISM, SHOWED PARTICIPANTS ADJUSTING AT LEAST AS FAVORABLY, IF NOT MORE FAVORABLY, THAN NON-PARTICIPATING INMATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)

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