GUIDED GROUP INTERACTION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT - EVALUATION AND STANDARDS

• NCJ Number: 29809
• Author(s): M SILVERMAN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-NI-99-0022
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND FINDINGS OF THIS PROJECT DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE EFFECT OF THIS TREATMENT PROCEDURE ON POST-RELEASE ADJUSTMENT AND RECIDIVISM.

Abstract

THIS REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR SECTIONS - ONE DETAILING THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS, FUNCTIONS, AND PROBLEMS, AND THE OTHER DEALING WITH THE RESEARCH DECISIONS, FUNCTIONS, AND PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE PRESENT AND PREVIOUS PHASES OF THE PROJECT, AS OF THIS REPORT, A TOTAL OF 230 FOLLOW-UP CONTACTS HAD BEEN MADE (AT THREE-MONTH INTERVALS) ON EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL SUBJECTS RELEASED FROM TREATMENT POST-RELEASE ADJUSTMENT OF FOLLOW-UP CONTACTS WAS RATED 'EXCELLENT', 'SATISFACTORY', 'BORDERLINE', OR 'RECIDIVIST'. ALSO INCLUDED ARE FUTURE PROJECT TIMETABLES AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIODS EXTENDING THROUGH DECEMBER 1974.