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MacKenzie, Doris Layton – National Institute of Justice Journal, 1993
Describes the boot-camp prison program, its goals, and its drug-treatment and drug-education activities, and its development and change. The article presents the results of a multisite study from eight states that examined the variations in the shock-incarceration concept and its effect. (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Correctional Education
Trotter, Sharland; Warren, Jim – Science News, 1974
The view that lawbreakers are in one way or another "sick" has drawn behavioral scientists into the arena of criminal rehabilitation. Issues and controversies surrounding recent experiments using some form of behavior modification for prisoner rehabilitation are discussed. (JP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Sciences

Carlson, Joseph R. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1995
Reports the perceptions of female prison inmates, who ranked the importance of educational, behavior modification, and vocational programs. Programs ranked most critical were general education equivalency, adult basic education, parenting programs, life skills/cognitive self change, HIV/AIDS education, and religion. (JPS)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Females

Lipton, Douglas S. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1998
Discusses problems associated with the increasing number of drug offenders in U.S. correctional institutions. Explores the relationship between drugs and crime, the history of treating drug-using offenders, and efforts afoot in the Federal Correctional Options Program and the Bureau of Prisons to rehabilitate these prisoners. (MKA)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime, Drug Addiction
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. – 1998
This TIP, on the best practice recommendations for the treatment of substance abuse, presents guidelines for ensuring continuity of care as offenders with substance use disorders move from incarceration to the community. Research indicates that treatment gains may be lost if treatment is not continued after the offender is released from…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling, Drug Rehabilitation

Morrissey, Carlo – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1997
Shows how a multimodal treatment approach that utilizes a broad range of behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and psychological skills training methods can eliminate assaultive behavior among incarcerated juvenile offenders. The study found that those youths who received the multimodal treatment showed significant or at least considerably better…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Counseling Techniques, Delinquency

Sapp, Allen D.; Vaughn, Michael S. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1991
Examined programs and strategies for rehabilitation used in adult sex offender treatment programs in state-operated adult correctional institutions. Questionnaires were completed by 73 adult sex offender treatment providers. The results revealed that incarcerated adult sex offenders were receiving comprehensive psychotherapy and behavior…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques

Smith, Robert R.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Male work releases receiving life-career management skill training exhibited substantial and significant pretherapy-posttherapy gains in all skill areas. Subjects receiving this intervention training with significant others achieved even greater gains. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Interpersonal Relationship, Intervention

Day, Andrew – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1993
Developed and evaluated psychological intervention for depression in Young Offenders. Recognizing pressure on clinical teams to be both cost and time effective, it was decided to pilot Barkham's 2+1 format in prison setting. Results suggest that depression in prisons can be treated with cognitive-behavioral techniques and that 2+1 format may be…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques

MacKenzie, Doris Layton; And Others – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1989
Reviews Louisiana's shock incarceration program used as alternative to standard prison incarceration. Program involves short period of imprisonment in a "boot camp" type atmosphere followed by three phases of intensive parole supervision. Examines the program in regard to its rehabilitative potential and compares program elements to…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Behavior Modification, Community Resources, Correctional Rehabilitation

Waksman, M.; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1983
This research study is designed to determine (1) to what extent educationally low achieving inmates differ in their cognitive performance from high achieving inmates, and (2) if such differences exist, to what extent can the level of cognitive performance in the former group be modified in a positive direction by a specific learning experience.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development