STRUCTURE AND BASIC ORGANIZATIONAL CONCEPT OF THE MODEL SOCIAL-THERAPEUTIC CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AT DUEREN WEST GERMANY

• NCJ Number: 28392
• Journal: Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1974) Pages: 27-41
• Author(s): W RASCH
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Carl Heymanns Verlag
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF A CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPEUTIC INSTITUTION FOR 33 INMATES IN WHICH THE STAFF-INMATE RATIO IS ABOUT ONE TO ONE.

Abstract

THE BASIC ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE INSTITUTION IS TO TEST THE RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE COMMITTEE FOR PENAL PROBLEMS OF THE GERMAN STATES. FEATURES INCLUDE THERAPY-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT, SHARED DECISION-MAKING, TEAM INTEGRATION, DIMINUTION OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN STAFF AND INMATES, AND REDUCTION OF PRISON DEPRIVATIONS. --IN GERMAN, SUMMARY IN ENGLISH