A Profile of Correctional Effectiveness and New Directions for Research

• Author(s): Ted Palmer,
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Pages: 339
• ISBN_10: 079141910X
  ISBN_13: 9780791419106
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Criminology , Education / General , Social Science / Penology ,

Description:... This book summarizes and integrates a vast body of previously unintegrated research regarding the effectiveness of correctional intervention, which emphasizes treatment and rehabilitation but also includes methods of control. It develops detailed as well as global methods for conducting more fruitful research in the future and for understanding why and how many programs work.