RADICAL CORRECTIONAL REFORM - A CASE STUDY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS YOUTH CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 16643
• Journal: Harvard Educational Review Volume: 44 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1974) Pages: 74-111
• Author(s): L E OHLIN; R B COATES; A D MILLER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 38 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Massachusetts Cmtte on Criminal Justice; US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Harvard Educational Review
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE REFORMS UNDERTAKEN BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES SINCE 1969.

Abstract

THE MASSACHUSETTS JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL REFORMS CLOSED THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC TRAINING SCHOOLS AND DEVELOPED A VARIETY OF ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES IN NEWLY-CREATED STATE REGIONS. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS OF THESE REFORMS THROUGH THREE PHASES - THE EMERGENCE OF A MANDATE FOR REFORM, THE REFORM OF INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, AND THE MOVE FROM INSTITUTIONS TO COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS.