NCJ Number
93065
Journal
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1983) Pages: 49-60
Date Published
1983
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This article reports on the theory and practice of ten social therapy institutions (sozial-therapeutiche Anstalten) for offenders with a high risk of recidivism in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin.
Abstract
On the basis of primarily psychotherapeutic concepts, these institutions have developed different approaches to everyday sociotherapy, largely abandoning traditional therapeutic procedures and involving all the staff in the course of treatment. The results achieved by these institutions are encouraging, but the continuity and further development are being jeopardized because of opposition from criminological and political quarters. (Publisher abstract)