EVALUATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

• NCJ Number: 3009
• Author(s): F J CARNEY; E D BOTTOME
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Dept of Correction
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EVALUATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY TREATMENT PROGRAM AT WALPOLE INDICATES A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON LOWERING RECIDIVISM.

Abstract

IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBJECTS IN THE THERAPY SAMPLE WHO DID BECOME RECIDIVISTS TENDED TO BE RETURNED FOR LESS SERIOUS OFFENSES THAN THEIR NON-THERAPY COUNTERPARTS, AND THAT THE RECIDIVISTS IN THE RX SAMPLE WERE FOUND TO HAVE REMAINED IN THE COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER BEFORE THEIR RE-INCARCERATION THAN THE NON-RX RECIDIVISTS.