NCJ Number
30210
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Dated: (1975) Pages: 75-80
Date Published
1975
Length
6 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER USES CASE STUDIES TO ILLUSTRATE TREATMENT PROGRAMS WHICH EMPHASIZE THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THE ABERRANT BEHAVIOR AND NOT THE BEHAVIOR ITSELF.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THAT CONTAINMENT, CONFINEMENT, PHYSIOLOGICAL METHODS OF TREATMENT, AND SOME BEHAVIORISTIC APPROACHES HAVE PROVED MORE EFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH OFFENDER RECIDIVISM THAN PSYCHOTHERAPY. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.