PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IN A COUNTY JAIL - EXISTING SERVICES AND NEEDED CHANGES (FROM AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION - PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNUAL CONGRESS - SEE NCJ-02840)

• NCJ Number: 10115
• Author(s): S JACOBSON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT ACA MEETING, CINCINNATI, OH, OCT 11-15, 1970

Annotation

STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTING REHABILITATION AND TREATMENT IN A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY JAIL SETTING.

Abstract

PROPOSED ARE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SECURITY GUARDS AND ALTERATION OF THE JAIL SETTING FROM CUSTODY-ORIENTED TO A THERAPEUTIC MILIEU. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS A SOCIAL SYSTEM STUDY OF THE JAIL SETTING, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CRIMINAL TYPOLOGY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFENDER-TREATMENT MATCHING.