ANALYSIS OF THE RECREATIONAL PURSUITS OF SELECTED PAROLEES FROM A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA

• NCJ Number: 9725
• Journal: THERAPEUTIC RECREATION JOURNAL Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Dated: (THIRD QUARTER 1972) Pages: 134-140
• Author(s): L R WILLIAMS
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: National Therapeutic Recreation Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY OF 20 PAROLEES REVEALED THAT ALTHOUGH SPORTS DOMINATED ORGANIZED RECREATION IN PRISON, PAROLEE RECREATION PURSUITS WERE PASSIVE AND SEDENTARY.

Abstract

PRISON AND PAROLEE RECREATION PATTERNS REFLECTED THE PAROLEES' CONCEPTS AND SKILLS DEVELOPED PRIOR TO IMPRISONMENT. THE CARRY-OVER VALUE OF PRISON RECREATION ACTIVITIES WAS NOT AS STRONG AS THE CARRY-OVER VALUE OF PRE-PRISON RECREATION PURSUITS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)