NCJ Number
28099
Date Published
1972
Length
83 pages
Annotation
THIS PROGRESS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN DURING 1971-1972 AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM WHICH TESTED THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY VERSUS INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT FOR JUVENILES.
Abstract
EARLIER PHASES OF THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM (CTP) COMPARED THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUTHS WHO WERE PLACED DIRECTLY INTO THE INTENSIVE PAROLE AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OF CTP, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR INSTITUTIONALIZATION, AGAINST THAT OF A CONTROL GROUP YOUTHS WHO WERE SENT TO AN INSTITUTION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE COMMUNITY AND RECEIVING STANDARD PAROLE SUPERVISION. THE EXPERIMENTAL YOUTHS RECEIVED DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASSIFICATION ON THE INTERPERSONAL MATURITY LEVEL SCALE. OBJECTIVES OF PHASE II OF THIS PROGRAM WERE TO BROADEN THE RANGE AND TYPE OF TREATMENT STRATEGIES. THROUGH WHICH DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT MIGHT BE CARRIED OUT, TO BROADEN THE VARIETY OF OFFENDERS TO WHOM DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT MIGHT BE APPLIED, TO ISOLATE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT APPROACHES, AND TO REFINE THE DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT MODEL. THIS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THESE OBJECTIVES. SUMMARIES AND REVIEWS OF SPECIFIC ANALYSES AND REPORTS CONDUCTED DURING 1971-1972 ARE ALSO PRESENTED. THESE ANALYSES COVER SUCH SUBJECTS AS THE PAROLE PERFORMANCE OF FOUR STATUS AND ASSIGNMENT GROUPS; THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG INTERPERSONAL MATURITY, PERSONALITY CONFIGURATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, AND ETHNIC STATUS; THE RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY OF I-LEVEL CLASSIFICATION WITHIN CTP; AND THE POST-DISCHARGE BEHAVIOR OF PHASE I AND II SUBJECTS.