Articulates need, nature, and form of a restitutionary approach to corporate crime. Considers small, in-prison production-oriented programs; residential in-community programs, and nonresidential in-community programs for individual offenders; also considers lump sum and continuous payments for corporations to make restitution. (NRB)

Reviews issues surrounding the use of volunteers and paraprofessionals in parole. A survey of 52 parole field supervision agencies showed a wide variety of volunteer and paraprofessional qualifications, functions, and salaries. All jurisdictions reported positive results, with evidence of decreasing use of ex-offenders. (JAC)

Approaches recidivism from the perspective of ethnomethdology and views recidivism as the product of various decisions and interactions. Consequently, rehabilitation and measures of its success or failure must be considered as a process. An example is presented of the use of failure rate analysis in analyzing recidivism. (JAC)

Examines the punishment issue and considers factors contributing to the dilemma. Questions and selected comments are offered concerning the major contenders in the dilemma: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and integration. The resolution of the punishment must ultimately come to terms with the question, what values do we try to support and…

Recognizing that the issue of work by prisoners is a major policy concern for correctional administrators, this article outlines the history of prison work programs, the policy implications of such endeavors, and advocates the creation of an opportunity structure for inmates within prison work programs. (Author)

Presents an historical overview of prisons and prisoners dating from the 1700s, through the use of actual documents. Provides information on various prisons throughout the country and the evolution of correctional rehabilitation. (BL)

Investigated the dimensionality of the locus of control (LOC) construct in 174 inmates at a state prison for women. Factor analyses showed the presence of one factor, the internal-external dimension. The dimensionality of LOC was unrelated to length of imprisonment. Homogeneity of sex, race, and socioeconomic status influenced results. (JAC)

Describes the Army's Correctional Custody Facility, a rehabilitation method for first-time offenders that is intended to recreate and strengthen the original resocialization process. The small number of return offenders suggests the facility's success as a rehabilitation concept. (JAC)

Proposes a cognitive therapy model as a workable approach in treating incarcerated clients. Reviews principal components and techniques of cognitive theory. Uses case vignettes to illustrate application of this approach. Delineates key features of cognitive model which relate to treatment of incarcerated population. (Author/ABL)

Examined 100 adult probation cases to determine personal characteristics related to recidivism. Results showed 86 percent of the cases were completed successfully. A significant relationship was found between recidivism and school grade completed, prior criminal record, age at first arrest and number of prior arrests. (JAC)

Examined the effects of intensive probation supervision and treatment on 40 alcoholic offenders. Forty regularly supervised probationers served as control group. Analyzed contacts, services, criminal behavior, social adjustment and employment. Results indicated that the alcohol group performed as well as the control group despite their alcohol…

Examined the hiring of exoffenders in American correctional systems in a survey of the directors of 50 departments of corrections. Compared with 1971 and 1977 surveys, the number of exoffender correctional system employees remains small and selective, although correctional administrators have been generally pleased with exoffenders' efforts. (JAC)

Presents a version of reality therapy with adult offenders. Focuses on the normative principles underlying the theory, and outlines five basic treatment techniques--involvement, current behavior, evaluation of behavior, planning, and commitment, illustrated with case vignettes. Concludes that reality therapy can promote more responsible behavior…

Conducted national surveys (instrument included) of directors (N=52) of correctional institutions to assess progress of two community-based programs, study release and home furlough. The number of participants has remained small despite low "abscondence" rates. Both programs have gone little beyond token levels found in correctional…

Describes Urban Home program, a short but successful program for troubled youths, which, although successful in treatment goals, was, a result of administrative changes and bureaucratic needs, so restructured it became something totally different and unrecognizable. Concludes this example of change for its own sake, of constant redeployment of…