ANALYSIS OF SOME RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERSONALITY ADJUSTMENT, PLACEMENT, AND POST-RELEASE ADJUSTMENT OF DELINQUENT BOYS

• NCJ Number: 6197
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1969) Pages: 63-70
• Author(s): J E COWDEN; L MONSON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COMPARISON OF DELINQUENT BOYS DURING INCARCERATION AND AFTER PLACEMENT IN BOARDING OR GROUP HOMES OR RETURN TO THEIR OWN HOMES.

Abstract

IT WAS FOUND THAT BOYS WHO ARE MORE DISTURBED AND, ACCORDING TO PROGNOSTIC TESTS, MORE LIKELY TO GET INTO TROUBLE TEND TO BE PLACED IN GROUP HOMES RATHER THAN BOARDING HOMES. BOYS PLACED IN GROUP HOMES SHOWED GREATER ADJUSTMENT AFTER RELEASE FROM INSTITUTIONS THAN THE TWO OTHER GROUPS. WHILE THE AUTHORS ARE NOT SURE OF THE REASON FOR THIS, THEY SUGGEST THAT BEING AWAY FROM THE HOME ENVIRONMENT IS A POSITIVE REHABILITATIVE FACTOR.