Treatment of incarcerated offenders. Possibilities and problems.
The author discusses in detail the operations of a prison treatment program for youthful offenders. Although a model program and an exception to the typical prison, the treatment program had problems. One is the inherent difficulty of working with anti-social people. The other, analyzed in detail, is the unpleasant nature of many of the prison staff, several of whom were unqualified to work in a treatment setting. Suggestions are made for humanizing the staff.
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Department of Psychology, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70609.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation