Inmates as Clinical Sociologists - The Use of Sociodrama in a Nontraditional Delinquency Prevention Program

• NCJ Number: 95659
• Journal: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Dated: (1984) Pages: 117-124
• Author(s): B L Berg
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 8 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article reports on a dynamic inmate run delinquency preventative program currently in operation at Auburn Correctional Facility.

Abstract

In addition to briefly describing several of the innovative clinical sociological techniques which have emerged in this program, this article suggests some of the weaknesses which this, and similarly geared delinquency preventative programs face. Six notes and about 20 references are given. (Author abstract modified)