Data from two juvenile correctional facilities indicate that the deprivation model is a better predictor of adaptation to confinement for males than is the importation model. For females, variables from both deprivation and importation models have a significant impact. (Author)

The article discusses the need for providing specialized education services to handicapped students in correctional settings, along with the implications of developing such programs. (DLS)

Reports on interviews that probed the interaction between treatment program staff and the custodial staff of a promising institutional substance abuse treatment program. Results suggest that the differing goals of the two factions and their problems in communication facilitated an adversarial relationship. Presents recommendations aimed at…

Examines the current strategy to combat illegal drug use and its effect on corrections. Reviews three schools of thought on drug-control policy and explores the assumptions offered by the public-health generalists, the legalists, and the cost-benefit specialists. Concentrates on issues of race, class, and alternatives to correctional warehousing.…

Discussion of the use of interactive television highlights a program by the Minnesota State Law Library that provides reference services to prison inmates. Time, cost, and quality of reference services are considered versus on-site visits; technical difficulties are discussed; and a sidebar describes two other library experiments with interactive…

Discusses the formal system of juvenile corrections in one country and describes several correctional facilities in this system. Also presents another system of justice in the country and the influence of traditional sociocultural values on the operation of both correctional practices for juveniles. (RJM)

Compares youths' perceptions of confinement, feelings of restriction and the impact of these perceptions on youth's reaction to educational and rehabilitative programs they received. Testing of youth in two different countries showed that perceptions were related to their attitudes toward, and reactions to, these programs, although some…

Describes Southside Virginia Community College's educational program at Mecklenburg Correctional Center. Focuses on effects of the program and key characteristics of effective programs, e.g., support from and cooperation with the Department of Corrections, an active and sympathetic administration, program flexibility, screening and orientation,…

As a sequel to an earlier case study, the article recounts the author's visit with a young man in the Nebraska penitentiary whose journey began 12 years before with special education services and subsequent placement in a variety of diagnostic and treatment centers. (JW)

Describes how students in a juvenile detention center became deeply involved in reading through Book Club, which offered them identity, established an environment for peer approval and recognition, and gave them a chance to excel. (SR)

Examined social skill deficits in incarcerated (n=31) and nonincarcerated (n=31) adolescent males. Found family variables of structure and functioning correlated with social skills. Found significant relationship between social skill deficits and group membership. Family structure was related to group membership as well. Several social skill…

A series of brief essays examines inner-city crime and the growing crime gap between blacks and whites. The articles discuss ways to close the gap through four approaches: (1) securing inner-city neighborhoods; (2) increasing the police presence on inner-city streets; (3) incarcerating violent and repeat criminals; and (4) removing severely…

Teaches a history course in a correctional facility in Georgia. Discusses class problems, testing, grading procedures, and the environment. Finds establishing routine is effective in bringing order and purpose to the class. Describes student characteristics and response to the class. (NL)

Describes interactive bibliotherapy and poetry therapy as services which use literature as a catalyst for personal growth and healing through a facilitator. Their use in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, adult education centers, prisons, and chemical dependency units is discussed; reading bibliotherapy is described; and use for spiritual growth…

Provides overview on the role, character, and diversity of services school counselors experience in residential settings (psychiatric hospitals, correctional programs, residential treatment settings). Documents the existence of school counselors in forensic "educational" settings. Considers school counseling services of consultation and…