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PRISON TREATMENT AND RECIDIVISM

NCJ Number
20051
Journal
Rassegna di Studi Penitenziari Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1971) Pages: 25-61
Author(s)
M MINERVINI
Date Published
1971
Length
37 pages
Annotation
TREATMENT BASED ON INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY AND ANALYSES OF REMISSION AND SUSPENSION OF PENALITIES IN TERMS OF TREATMENT EFFICACY.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT A SYSTEM SIMILAR TO PROBATION AND PAROLE WOULD BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF TREATMENT ON A LARGE SCALE. HE ALSO EMPHASIZES THE NECESSITY OF EFFECTIVE JOB TRAINING DURING BOTH THE DETENTIVE AND TRANSITIONAL PERIODS OF TREATMENT. --IN ITALIAN