Female Offender's Adjustment to Prison Life - A Comparison of Psychodidactic and Traditional Supportive Approaches to Treatment

• NCJ Number: 96415
• Journal: Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation Volume: 9 Issue: 1-2 Dated: (1984) Pages: 49-56
• Author(s): F E Sultan; G T Long; S A Kiefer; D M Schrum; J W Selby; L G Calhoun
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 8 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Sixty-one female inmates of the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women participated in a 3-week treatment study designed to assess the most effective strategy for facilitating adjustment to prison.

Abstract

All subjects were assigned to one of three conditions: (1) a no-treatment Control group, (2) a Support-Only group, or (3) a Psychodidactic Intervention Support group. Subjects in the two treatment groups evidenced a greater level of adjustment than did the control group subjects on two of the four major outcome measures. Implications of these findings were discussed. (Author abstract)