Use of microcomputers in a state residential facility for nonambulatory profoundly mentally retarded persons is discussed. The effects of such a severe handicap on the residents is examined, and potential contributions of a microcomputer in providing precise contingency control, recording response data, and delivering immediate reinforcement…

Maintains that the breeding ground for adult inmates is juvenile correctional institutions which are greatly in need of reform. Discusses some alternatives to institutions for juveniles. (Author/HMV)

Study supported by Research Grant RT-11 from the Social and Rehabilitation Services, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

The effects of a structured physical exercise program on the ward behavior of 16 institutionalized hyperactive children (6 to 13 years old) was investigated. Ss were randomly assigned to conditions in which they ran, engaged in calesthenics, or both, for 20 minutes per day, 5 days a week, for 4 weeks. Data from daily behavioral measures were…

The first of a two-part radio transcript on emotionally disturbed children in mental institutions presents interviews with five institutionalized children and their doctors. Also described are classrooms at the Texas State Mental Hospital. Contents focus on the reasons for institutionalization, adjustment to treatment, and prognosis for leaving…

The upcoming Bureau of the Census document titled, "The Survey of Institutionalized Persons" will provide complete information and data on long-term institutional care. Because this document provides data basically devoid of context, this discussion paper presents an ethnology of a total institution. In it, the author conveys his impressions and…

This report contains the major findings from the Survey of Inmates of Local Jails, which was conducted in the summer of 1972 for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration by the U. S. Bureau of the Census. This first nationwide attempt to assess the socioeconomic characteristics of the country's jail population was a followup to the National…

To compare social versus mechanical presentation of stimulus material under prompted or trial-and-error (confirmation) conditions of learning, institutionalized educable and trainable mentally handicapped children were tested on a discrimination learning task. Results were felt to indicate that social reinforcement may not be as motivating for…

Much of the content of this study arises from personal experience and private correspondence, as well as from observation and discussions during visits to countries where library services for the handicapped and disadvantaged exist. (Groups studied are: hospital patients; visually, physically and mentally handicapped; and the elderly, housebound…

This study explores a range of issues characterizing prisonization research based on male populations but does so utilizing cross-sectional questionnaire data gathered from 172 female felons and misdemeanants incarcerated in a prison for women in the southeastern United States. The analysis concentrates on three major issues: (1) the relation of…

The school described is an "observation school" for reforming young boys who have a history of problems and whose parents cannot or do not want to support them. (Author/IRT)

A large-scale, nationwide evaluation of cocorrections was carried out in which a wide range of data were collected over a four-month period. Preliminary analyses show that, although there appears to be a decrement with increasing size, the cocorrectional environment seems to be more facilitative of growth than the single-sex institutions. (Author)

Examines the long-term effects of control and predictability-enhancing interventions on the institutionalized aged. Subjects were 40 residents of a retirement home. (MP)

This paper is concerned with the spoken communication of chronically ill and aging residents of long-term care institutions. Spoken communication is a vital component of social interaction and psychological well-being underlying such concepts as isolation, integration, and adjustment; it is a fertile area for investigation and analysis. (Author)