ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND THERAPEUTIC CLIMATE

• NCJ Number: 2070
• Journal: Prison Journal Volume: 46 Issue: 1 Dated: (SPRING/SUMMER 1966) Pages: 23-31
• Author(s): H M BOSLOW; A KANDEL
• Date Published: 1966
• Length: 31 pages
• Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Prison Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE ADMINISTRATED BY PSYCHIATRISTS WHO HAVE THE THERAPEUTIC APPROACH RATHER THAN PENOLOGISTS WITH THE CUSTODIAL APPROACH.

Abstract

SOUND CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS INDICATE A NEED FOR A MORE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY. THE ORIENTATION OF MENTAL INSTITUTIONS FROM CUSTODIAL TO THERAPEUTIC, AS AT THE PATUXENT INSTITUTION, REQUIRES ADMINISTRATORS WHTH SUCH A BACKGROUND ORIENTATION. EMPHASIS IS ON TREATMENT AND NOT ON SECURITY, AND CORRECTIONAL TRAINING SHOULD EMPHASIZE THIS NON-PUNITIVE APPROACH. THE PREFERRED SMALL SIZE OF SUCH INSTITUTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS RAMIFICATIONS AND DIFFICULTIES ARE STRESSED.