NCJ Number
35694
Date Published
1976
Length
300 pages
Annotation
FINAL REPORT OF PROJECT ESTABLISHING TWO THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES IN GEORGIA TO REHABILITATE SELECTED IMPACT OFFENDERS THROUGH COUNSELING AND RESIDENCE IN HALFWAY HOUSE ENVIRONMENTS FOR DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF TIME.
Abstract
RESEARCH TRACKED 276 OFFENDERS IN EXPERIMENTAL (115) AND CONTROL (161) GROUPS AND FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN RECIDIVISM AFTER A SIX MONTH AVERAGE TIME DISCHARGED FROM THE CENTER OR PRISON. PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST SCORES FOR 228 CASES REVEALED THAT AFTER PROGRAM COMPLETION THE RESIDENTS WERE MORE SELF-DIRECTED, EXPERIMENTAL, ENTHUSIASTIC, VENTURESOME, IMAGINATIVE, AND LESS SUBMISSIVE. WITH 3,855 INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS BETWEEN CLIENT AND COUNSELOR DOCUMENTED FOR 189 CLIENTS, RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED THAT SOME COUNSELORS TEND TO OVERESTIMATE THE ABILITY OF THEIR CLIENTS TO ACHIEVE REALISTIC GOALS AND THAT FEW COUNSELORS UTILIZED GOAL-ACHIEVING SCALES WITH THE EXPECTED FREQUENCY FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)