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

NCJ Number
30707
Author(s)
E Kuhlhorn
Date Published
1975
Length
58 pages
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.

Corporate Author
Brottsforebyggande Radet

Atlasmuren 1, 5-103 60 Stockholm Sweden, Sweden

Sale Source
National Institute of Justice/

Box 6000, Dept F, Rockville, MD 20849, United States

Language
English
Country
Sweden

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