CRY TWICE - FROM CUSTODY TO TREATMENT - THE STORY OF 'OPERATION CHANGEOVER'

• NCJ Number: 18632
• Author(s): R R CARKHUFF
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 162 pages
• Sale Source: Human Resource Development Press
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OPERATION CHANGEOVER WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO CHANGE THE RHODE ISLAND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS FROM A CUSTODIAL TO A TREATMENT-ORIENTED INSTITUTION; THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM'S CONCEPTION AND DEMISE IS GIVEN.

Abstract

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, BOTH POLITICAL AND BEAUROCRATIC, IMPEDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATION CHANGEOVER. ONCE ESTABLISHED, IT PERFORMED BEAUTIFULLY. IT WAS A BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF RUNAWAYS. POLITICAL FACTORS WERE REPONSIBLE FOR ITS DEMISE, AFTER WHICH THE ESCAPE RATE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.