NCJ Number
19683
Date Published
1971
Length
200 pages
Annotation
THE REPORT INVESTIGATES THE NATURE OF PROBATION HOSTEL TREATMENT AND THE WAY IT IS AFFECTED BY INTAKE, MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND RESIDENTIAL STAFF.
Abstract
IT EXAMINES QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO TYPOLOGIES OF TREATMENT AND OF PROBATIONERS AND AMONG ITS CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT BOYS FROM SATISFACTORY AND UNSATISFACTORY HOMES DIFFER IN THEIR REACTIONS TO THE TRANSITION FROM FAMILY TO HOSTEL, THAT SOME HOSTEL REGIMES ARE MORE ABLE THAN OTHERS TO ENSURE LOW RECONVICTION RATES AMONG THEIR RESIDENTS, AND THAT SOME HOSTEL WARDENS DO BETTER WITH ONE TYPE OF BOY AND OTHERS WITH ANOTHER. THE REPORT IS MUCH CONCERNED WITH THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON PROBATIONERS, AND ITS GENERAL TREND IS TO UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IN BOTH THE DIAGNOSIS AND THE TREATMENT OF DELINQUENTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)