REHABILITATION INFORMATION PROGRAM FOR SENTENCED PRISONERS - EXPERIMENTAL ACTION PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 28204
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 17 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-NI-02-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of Rochester
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF A MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS WHICH IMPAIR THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF THE OFFENDER, PROVIDE AN INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING AFTER-CARE TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP.

Abstract

THIS PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, AND THE PILOT CITIES PROGRAM. THROUGH THE USE OF PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS, THE PROGRAM WOULD IDENTIFY THOSE OFFENDERS WHOSE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR RESULTS FROM SOME BASIC UNDERLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM. THIS PROGRAM WAS TO BE BEGUN IN SEPTEMBER OF 1973 FOR AN INITIAL EIGHTEEN MONTH TRIAL-PERIOD. PROPOSED FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES ARE DESCRIBED WHICH WOULD PERMIT EVALUATION OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS BASED ON MEASURES OF RECIDIVISM, JOB STABILITY, AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONING.