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Programs for Prisons: Nihilism or Pragmatic Planning
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In this paper, a three-pronged approach is proposed in which administration, security and treatment staff share in joint efforts to maintain a constructive program for prisoners who are close to the completion of their prison sentence.Abstract:
The article takes a critical and constructive view of programs in prisons It addresses the need to avoid the traditional split between treatment and security staff A three pronged approach is proposed in which administration, security and treatment staff share in joint efforts to maintain a constructive program for prisoners who are close to the completion of their prison sentence Emphasis is placed on the importance of the officer to serve as role model Details for the selection and use of group and individual therapy are discussed Emphasis is placed on the importance of administrative support in allphases of the programread more
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Evaluation of a stress inoculation training program at an Ohio male correctional institution
TL;DR: The author states that the aim of this book was to contribute towards the humanizing of science and to contribute to the humanising of science.
Criminality among youth and recidivism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the role of biological factors and environmental factors in influencing human behaviour in the discussion of criminality as a form of human behaviour and highlighted the need for continued study and research to enhance common weal, or at least to ensure trouble free society.
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Effective Correctional Treatment: Bibliotherapy for Cynics:
Paul Gendreau,Bob Ross +1 more
TL;DR: There are several types of intervention programs that have proved successful with offender popu lations and these intervention programs illustrate pointedly why there have been so many failures reported in correctional treatment.
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The Differential Treatment Model: Empirical Evidence from a Personality Typology of Adult Offenders
Helen M. Annis,David W. Chan +1 more
TL;DR: The interaction of offender type by treatment program was examined within a randomized control group design involving the assignment of 100 adult offenders with alcohol and drug problems to an intensive eight-week group therapy program, and 50 to routine institutional care as discussed by the authors.
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Evaluating Correctional Treatments Toward a New Perspective
TL;DR: The prospects that corrections can be made to "work" appear improved if rehabilitation is seen as only one of several agency goals; if treatment success is seenas specific to selected combinations of client type, treatment mode, treatment site, and change agent; if both system models and outcome models of research are used.
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Therapy Effectiveness in a Correctional Institution
TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of group psychotherapy was measured by comparing ihe institutional behavior of 46 experirnental subjects and 46 controls, which consisted of inmates at a maximum security, adult institution who were randomly chosen from the subject pool, and who were then offered the opportunity to participate in group therapy.
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Psychotherapy in Correctional Settings
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address difficult and unique problems in psychotherapy within the framework of a correctional setting and discuss the need for further research on overcoming identified barriers, developing and adapting therapeutic approaches, and effectively matching inmates to them.