INTERSTATE INSTITUTE ON THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDER - REPORT

• NCJ Number: 5
• Author(s): H LEACH
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 36 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-099
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Menninger Foundation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF RELATIONSHIP AND SERVICES OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS TO MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS.

Abstract

RECOGNIZING THE TRADITIONALLY DIVERGENT VIEWS OF CUSTODY AND TREATMENT, THE INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO IDENTIFY COMMON REFERENCE POINTS AROUND WHICH A MUTUALLY ACCEPTED PHILOSOPHY COULD DEVELOP. THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATION WITH REFERENCE TO THE MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDER INVOLVES THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN VIEW OF THESE OFTEN DIVERGENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES. PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS BY CORRECTIONAL AND CLINICAL PERSONNEL WERE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS AND INTERESTS, AND TO DEVELOP THE CLIMATE FOR INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE. QUESTIONNAIRE USED IN CANVASSING PARTICIPANT OPINION IS ENCLOSED, TOGETHER WITH RESPONSES.