NCJ Number
26190
Date Published
1975
Length
116 pages
Annotation
THIS PILOT STUDY EXPLORES THE USEFULNESS, FEASIBILITY AND PROBABLE VALUE OF ADOPTING A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SYSTEM IN AN INSTITUTION FOR COURT-COMMITTED MALE JUVENILE OFFENDERS BETWEEN 12 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Abstract
THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO IMPLEMENT THE USE OF A SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY AND CLASSIFY RESIDENTS INTO MORE OR LESS HOMOGENEOUS, TREATMENT-RELEVANT GROUPS, TO ASSIGN SUCH RESIDENTS TO THE VARIOUS LIVING UNITS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT, TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TREATMENT APPROACHES CONSISTENT WITH THE NEEDS OF THE VARIOUS SUBGROUPS, AND TO EVALUATE THE OUTCOME. A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE QUAY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM WAS EMPLOYED THAT RESULTED IN RATINGS BY FOUR DIMENSIONS: (1) INADEQUATE-IMMATURE, (2) NEUROTICDISTURBED, (3) UNSOCIALIZED-PSYCHOPATHIC, AND (4) SOCIALIZED-SUBCULTURAL. BOTH HOMOGENOUS AND HETEROGENOUS GROUPS WERE SET UP, PRE-TESTED AND POST-TESTED. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SYSTEMS APPEAR TO HOLD GREAT PROMISE FOR BRINGING ABOUT MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)