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Marques, Janice K. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999
States evidence regarding effectiveness of sex offender treatment programs has been limited. Article uses California's Sex Offender Treatment and Evaluation Project to address problems that are inherent in this research, and to illustrate that well designed studies make only limited contributions to the database on treatment effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Development, Research Methodology

Staton, Michele; Leukefeld, Carl; Logan, T. K.; Purvis, Rick – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2000
Presents findings from a process evaluation conducted in a prison-based substance abuse program in Kentucky. Discusses key components in the program, including a detailed program description, modifications in planned treatment strategies, program documentation, and perspectives of staff and clients. Findings suggest that prison-based programs have…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques, Prisoners
Calloway, Jim – Parks and Recreation, 1981
A brief history of correctional recreation from the late 1800s through the time of the Attica riots is presented. Since the prison population is 60 to 70 percent Black, there is an obvious need for greater minority participation in the development of correctional recreation. (JN)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Decision Making, Minority Group Influences
Roy, Marjorie Brown – 1979
This manual is designed to assist those individuals or groups responsible for developing educational and vocational programs for women in jail. The first section identifies the needs and problems of women in jail, focussing on discrimination against poor women unable to afford bail, the nonviolent nature of women's crimes, and the inequity of jail…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Correctional Education
Thompson, James W.; And Others – 1981
Analysis of the relationship between employment and crime has been undertaken in several different disciplines. Included among these are economics, sociology, anthropology, and manpower program evaluations for criminal justice populations. Examination of economic perspectives on employment and crime reveals two competing views of their…
Descriptors: Age, Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime
Morin, Lucien, Ed. – 1981
This book, consisting of 19 essays, deals with the meaning and objectives of prison education. Included in the volume are the following works: "Inmate Right to Education," by Lucien Morin; "Penitentiary Education in Canada," by J. W. Cosman; "Rehabilitation through Education: A Canadian Model," by Stephen Duguid;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Community Programs, Correctional Education