SOME NOTES ON TREATMENT THEORY IN CORRECTIONS (FROM CORRECTIONS - PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS, 1975 BY DAVID M PETERSEN AND CHARLES W THOMAS - SEE NCJ-15322)

• NCJ Number: 34987
• Author(s): D C GIBBONS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Prentice Hall
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TOWARD DEFICIENCIES IN THE TREATMENT THEORY WITH WHICH CORRECTIONAL AGENTS NOW ATTEMPT TO REHABILITATE OFFENDERS.

Abstract

IT IS INDICATED THAT FORMALIZED DIAGNOSTIC MODELS ARE NEEDED IN ORDER THAT A BODY OF EXPLICIT AND DETAILED STATEMENTS OF STRATEGY SPECIFIC TO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS OF TREATMENT MAY BE DEVELOPED. SEVERAL DIAGNOSTIC MODELS ARE SUGGESTED, ALONG WITH SOME TERSE STATEMENTS OF TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR VARIOUS DIAGNOSTIC TYPES. AREAS ARE INDICATED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)