This document contains several essays on topics of interest to researchers of rehabilitative efforts. The subjects covered include an historical look at chronic delinquents and their treatment programs; a review of West European programs; legal constraints on intervention; a review of evidence concerning biological contributions to criminality and…

This handbook describes how apprenticeship programs may be developed and established in a correctional institution. Advantages and disadvantages of an apprenticeship, Michigan State policy, and definitions of terms are presented in the first three sections. The various steps in development and implementation of an apprenticeship program are…

This document contains a narrative and tables which provide information on the characteristics of the California Youth Authority's institution, camp, and parole populations as of June 30 of each year, 1977 through 1986. The characteristics compared in the report include committing court, county of commitment, admission status, ethnicity, Youthful…

Adult education was the method by which a new direction was introduced into massive re-education and training efforts for correctional institution staff. The re-training, inservice, and basic training programs for the personnel are discussed. Evaluation will be based on both long-range behavioral change and reassessment of attitudes. (Author/JB)

This study was concerned with determining the attitudes that prisoners and guards at Indiana State Prison hold toward one another, and with examining the interactions between prisoners and guards. Data were collected by means of structured interviews with 25 prisoners and 25 guards. Perceptions of each group were reported for the following areas:…

This directory is intended for general information and guidance for educators in penal institutions. In compiling the directory, questionnaires were sent to 364 state and 28 federal penal institutions in the United States. Responses were received from 257 state institutions comprising all 50 states and from all 28 federal institutions. It has been…

Groups attempting to bring about change in adult corrections in Missouri are listed alphabetically in this directory as well as government agencies and institutions involved in the adult corrections process. Each entry includes information on name, address, telephone number, contact person, purpose of the group, services and programs, and…

In a federal correctional institution, cognitive and behavioral variables related to the inmates' loss of freedom and their attempts at reestablishing freedom within the boundaries of the institution were collected. Variables were: (1) personal variables (age, sex, education, etc.); (2) perceptions about life and freedoms in the institution; (3)…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 1,221 inmates of nine prison units of the Texas Department of Corrections. Students in the program are black, Spanish-speaking, or non-Spanish-speaking white adults. Students are released from their assigned industrial jobs for three hours each week to attend the…

The course is for independent study by jail officers who must learn that, in addition to their routine tasks, they must be prepared to be well-trained, responsible professionals, making important decisions and avoiding the mistakes and disproven beliefs of the past. The jail administrator must continually wrestle with the problems of conflicting…

The purpose of this study was to assess vocational education as it exists within correctional institutions and to provide information useful in planning and developing needed educational programs. To collect the necessary data, a questionnaire was distributed to those correctional institutions housing over 100 male inmates and all institutes…

Discusses the significance of the variables commitment and ideology in maintaining occupational tasks. Correctional officers in treatment-oriented institutions are encouraged to develop commitment to treatment ideology. (Author)

Generally little emphasis is placed on the socioecological characteristics of groups. The Group Environment Scale (GES) provides a means to systematically consider environmental influences within groups. Various uses of GES are explained and a case example using the GES in a prison setting is presented. (Author)