SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF RESOCIALIZATION AFTER RELEASE (FROM JUVENILE CRIME AND RESOCIALIZATION CONGRESS REPORT, 1974 BY SCHUELER-SPRINGORUM - SEE NCJ-37341)

• NCJ Number: 37348
• Author(s): ST QUENSEL
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: P O B 1304
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

REHABILITATION OF RELEASEES FROM WEST GERMAN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IS INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO REHABILITATE CRIMINALS.

Abstract

THE SO-CALLED 'SUCCESSFUL' CASES ARE ACTUALLY PERSONS WHO IMPROVED THEIR BEHAVIOR OR REMAINED HEALTHY IN SPITE OF RATHER THAN BECAUSE OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION. DISCUSSED IS THE NEED FOR A NEW RESOCIALIZATION MODEL BASED ON THE REALIZATION OF THREE FACTS: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ACHIEVING RESOCIALIZATION UNDER THE EXISTING CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, THE INADEQUACY OF EXISTING TREATMENT THEORIES, AND THE AMBIVALENCE IN THE ATTITUDE OF THERAPISTS TOWARD OFFENDERS. --IN GERMAN