HAS PSYCHIATRY FAILED - IN THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 32331
• Author(s): P D Scott
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 12 pages
• Sale Source: Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom
• Note: FIFTH DENIS CARROLL MEMORIAL LECTURE

Annotation

YES, PSYCHIATRY HAS FAILED, BOTH IN ITS EFFORTS TO PREVENT CRIME, AND IN THE TREATMENT ORIENTATION IT HAS ASSUMED AT INSTITUTIONS WHICH TEND TO ADMIT THE CURABLE CASES AND REJECT THE 'EMBARRASSING' ONES.