NCJ Number
1994
Date Published
1970
Length
203 pages
Annotation
PRACTICE AND THEORY ON CORRECTIONAL HALFWAY HOUSES AND COMMUNITY TREATMENT CENTERS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY PROTECTION.
Abstract
OFFENDERS WHO HAD HAD DIFFICULTIES IN ADJUSTING TO SOCIETY BEFORE COMMITMENT CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO RESOLVE THEM BY BEING ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY. UNLESS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE TRAINING-TREATMENT EXPERIENCE THE OFFENDER IS HELPED TO DEVELOP A POSITIVE SOCIAL EXPERIENCE AND TO IDENTIFY WITH THE AIMS OF HIS SOCIETY, THE CUSTODIAL EXPERIENCE HAS FAILED. THE RESIDENTIAL CENTER ATTEMPTS TO REHABILITATE THE OFFENDER AT THE TIME WHEN THE OFFENDER'S DESIRE AND RESOLUTION NEVER TO RETURN IS GREATEST - AT RELEASE. THE WORK DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE GROUP PROCESS, VARIETIES OF TREATMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, SPECIFICS OF STAFF, RULES AND COSTS, AND AN EVALUATION.