PRERELEASE PROGRAM EVALUATION - SOME IMPLICATIONS OF NEGATIVE FINDINGS (FROM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 2D ED., 1977, BY ROBERT M. CARTER, DANIEL GLASER, AND LESLIE T. WILKINS - SEE NCJ-41850)

• NCJ Number: 41863
• Author(s): N HOLT; R RENTERIA
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: J B Lippincott
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

THE ARTICLE REPORTS THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH ON A PRERELEASE PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN IN 1965 IN ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S INSTITUTIONS, AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM TO PREPARE OFFENDERS FOR REENTRY INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Abstract

TABLES ARE INCLUDED IN THE PAPER THAT SYNTHESIZE RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WERE GIVEN TO INMATES PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE COURSES WERE GIVEN. THE FINDINGS REVEALED THAT MOTIVATION WAS THE PRIME SOURCE OF DIFFICULTY, IN THAT MANY OF THE INMATES WERE ILL-PREPARED FOR A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. FURTHER, THE COURSES THAT WERE DESIGNED TO AID INMATES IN PREPARING FOR LIFE OUTSIDE THE INSTITUTION WERE TOO GENERAL, DID NOT MEET PARTICULAR NEEDS, AND WERE OF UNEVEN QUALITY....KAP