NON-INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT - A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE SUNDSVALL (SWEDEN) EXPERIMENT

• NCJ Number: 30707
• Author(s): E KUHLHORN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 58 pages
• Corporate Author: Brottsforebyggande Radet
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: Sweden

Annotation

INTERIM REPORT ON A TWO-YEAR INTENSIVE PROBATION/PAROLE SUPERVISION EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED IN THE SUNDSVALL PROBATION OFFICER'S DISTRICT.

Abstract

VIEWED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION, THE PROGRAM TREBLED THE NORMAL DISTRICT STAFF AND ADDED A CLINIC FOR SOCIAL MEDICINE AS WELL AS A HOTEL AND A HALFWAY HOUSE. THE PROGRAM ALSO UTILIZES LAYMAN SUPERVISORS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CLIENTS' HOME ENVIRONMENTS AND ENGAGES THE FULL-TIME EFFORTS OF A LABOR EXCHANGE OFFICER FOR SOLVING CLIENTS' EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS. THE PROGRAM IS DISCUSSED AS PART OF A MOVE TO LIMIT PRISON SENTENCING TO A FEW SPECIFIC OFFENSES WHILE EXPANDING LONG TERM, COMMUNITY-BASED NON-INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT. FINAL RESULTS OF THE CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT ARE EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN 1978-79.