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Author Lipton, Douglas S.

Title The effectiveness of correctional treatment : a survey of treatment evaluation studies / Douglas Lipton, Robert Martinson, Judith Wilks
Published New York : Praeger, [1975]

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 MELB  364.6 L767E  AVAILABLE
Description 735 pages ; 24 cm
Series Praeger special studies in U.S. economic, social, and political issues
Praeger special studies in U.S. economic, social, and political issues.
Contents Introduction to the survey and its methodology -- Part I: Annotations and study conclusions -- 1. Recidivism -- 2. Institutional adjustment -- 3. Vocational adjustment -- 4. Educational achievement -- 5. Drug and alcohol readdiction -- 6. Personality and attitude change -- 7. Community adjustment -- Part II: Survey summary -- 8. Treatment outcomes -- 9. Treatment methods -- Part III: Methodological review -- 10. Recidivism -- 11. Institutional adjustment -- 12. Vocational adjustment -- 13. Educational achievement -- 14. Drug and alcohol readdiction -- 15. Personality and attitude change -- 16. Community adjustment -- Part IV: Bibliography
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 633-724
Subject Corrections -- Bibliography.
Corrections -- Evaluation.
Corrections -- Research.
Author Martinson, Robert, author
Wilks, Judith, author
LC no. 74014730
ISBN 0275055809