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| Leisure Time | 5 |
| Recreation | 5 |
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| Parks and Recreation | 14 |
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| Muth, Edmund H. | 1 |
| O'Morrow, Gerald | 1 |
| Park, David C. | 1 |
| Percy, Charles H. | 1 |
| Schleien, Stuart J. | 1 |
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Parks and Recreation, 1974
This interview with Pancho Gonzales and Herbert Smith tells of their experiences in the California Youth Authority. (PD)
Descriptors: Athletics, Correctional Institutions, Interviews
Moore, Winston E. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Prisoners, Recreation
Walker, Dan – Parks and Recreation, 1974
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Prisoners, Recreational Activities
Velde, Richard W. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
This article describes how art programs can be used to rehabilitate prisoners. (PD)
Descriptors: Art, Correctional Institutions, Craft Workers, Criminals
Flynn, Edith E. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
This article briefly surveys existing correctional institutions and cites the need for recreational activities as a means of rehabilitation. (PD)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Prisoners, Recreational Activities
Park, David C. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
Descriptors: Athletics, Correctional Institutions, Financial Problems, Personnel
Parks and Recreation, 1974
This article discusses the current role and status of recreation in corrections. (PD)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Leisure Time, Recreation, Rehabilitation Programs
Percy, Charles H. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
This article proposes to teach prisoners useful job skills that can be used outside prison. (PD)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Job Skills, Job Training
Muth, Edmund H. – Parks and Recreation, 1974
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Futures (of Society), Prediction
Schleien, Stuart J.; O'Morrow, Gerald – Parks and Recreation, 1981
With the shift in correctional philosophy from punishment to rehabilitation, juvenile correction facilities are aimed toward providing a specialized program for confined youth. The primary goal is to reintegrate the youthful offender with society through a rehabilitation program involving therapeutic recreation. (JN)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Williams, Ellen – Parks and Recreation, 1981
While educational institutions are intensifying efforts to professionalize leisure services, a nationwide examination of correctional recreation curricula reveals a lack of progress. Among constraints arising from this lack of progress are misleading documentation of nonexistent correctional recreation specializations, and inadequate definition of…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Curriculum Evaluation
Williams, Larry R. – Parks and Recreation, 1981
The deplorable condition of recreation services for women inmates was examined in a national study. The study had a twofold purpose: to ascertain the status of prison recreation services for women, and to develop a set of recreation guidelines applicable to state correctional institutions for female offenders. (JN)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Females, Leisure Time
Jewell, David L. – Parks and Recreation, 1981
In the fall of 1978, a study was conducted to ascertain the status of recreation personnel and programs in state maximum security facilities. The frequent criticism that correctional recreation is too sports oriented was supported by the findings of the survey. (JN)
Descriptors: Athletics, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Little, Sandra L. – Parks and Recreation, 1995
The study of recreation in correctional settings has received little attention, and the majority of available research focuses on incarcerated youth. The article examines research on recreation in youth and adult correctional settings and explains the implications for correctional recreation professionals. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Correctional Institutions, Criminals
