NCJ Number
29100
Journal
COLLECTED STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH Volume: 3 Dated: (1968) Pages: 129-169
Date Published
1968
Length
41 pages
Annotation
REVIEWED OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH ON TREATMENTOFFENDER MATCHING, DISCUSSION OF THE MAIN METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS WHICH SURROUND IT, AND ASSESSMENT OF ITS POTENTIAL VALUE FOR CORRECTIONS.
Abstract
RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM CAN BE DIRECTED AT TWO DIFFERENT, THOUGH CLOSELY RELATED, AIMS. THE FIRST OF THESE IS THAT OF ESTABLISHING THE EXISTENCE OF INTERACTION EFFECTS; THE SECOND IS THE EXPLANATION OF THOSE EFFECTS. NO RESEARCH HAS YET PRODUCED CLEAR EVIDENCE OF FULL INTERACTION, I.E., OF TREATMENT WHICH IS RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL FOR ONE TYPE OF OFFENDER. THOUGH TWO STUDIES TO DATE HAVE FOUND TYPES OF TREATMENT TO HAVE DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOMES WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFENDERS, AN EQUAL NUMBER HAVE HAD NEGATIVE RESULTS. POST-TREATMENT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IS THE MAIN CRITERION OF THE OUTCOME OF TREATMENT IN USE. ITS METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)