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HAWKSPUR EXPERIMENT - AN INFORMAL ACCOUNT OF THE TRAINING OF WAYWARD ADOLESCENTS

NCJ Number
2847
Author(s)
W D WILLS
Date Published
1967
Length
193 pages
Annotation
AN ANALYSIS OF A JUVENILE INSTITUTION THAT UTILIZED MODERN DAY PENAL TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FROM 1936 TO 1940.
Abstract
EMPLOYMENT OF GROUP THERAPY, INMATE PARTICIPATION IN TREATMENT, AND THERAPY THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS WERE NOT CONSCIOUSLY INTENTED THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, BUT WERE NEVERTHELESS PRACTICED, AND WERE FORERUNNERS OF THE PRESENT TRENDS IN THE TREATMENT OF DELINQUENT AND MALADJUSTED PEOPLE.

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