CORRECTIONAL OUTCOME - AN EVALUATION OF 100 REPORTS (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A BERSANI - SEE NCJ-006248)

• NCJ Number: 10231
• Author(s): W C BAILEY
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM THE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW, CRIMINOLOGY AND POLICE SCIENCE, V 57, N 2 (JUNE 1966)

Annotation

TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS, FORM AND SETTING OF CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT, RESEARCH DESIGN, PROFESSIONAL STATUS OF RESEARCHERS, AND THEORY UNDERLYING TREATMENT.

Abstract

A SAMPLE OF 100 CORRECTIONAL OUTCOME REPORTS WAS SUBJECTED TO A CONTENT ANALYSIS. RESULTS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT MAJORITY OF THE CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS WAS CARRIED OUT IN FORCED TREATMENT SETTINGS AS COMPARED WITH CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS CARRIED OUT IN VOLUNTARY TREATMENT SETTINGS. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIOLOGISTS CONDUCTED THE MAJORITY OF THESE STUDIES. IN ADDITION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WELL OVER ONE-HALF OF THE REPORTS WERE CONCERNED WITH SOME FORM OF GROUP TREATMENT, ONLY A FEW DESCRIBED TREATMENT PROCEDURES CONCEPTUALLY BASED UPON THE GROUP RELATIONS PREMISE. THE MOST POPULAR APPROACH TO EXPLAINING CRIMINAL OR DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR AND CONCEPTUALIZING TREATMENT GOALS AND PROCEDURES INVOLVES SOME FORM OF THE SICK PREMISE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE TREATMENT DEALS WITH GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS. THE AUTHORS INDICATE THAT OVER ONE-HALF OF THESE REPORTS DESCRIBED RESEARCH DESIGNS OF QUESTIONABLE RIGOR AND POSITIVE RESULTS OCCURRED IN ONLY ONE HALF OF THE TOTAL SAMPLE. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)