CJ 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Drug Resistance, Therapeutic Community, Job Corps
9 Nov 2016
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Cj 306 - lecture 15: rehabilitation, treatment, and job training (ch. This chapter signals a movement from the right (conservative crime policy) to the left (liberal crime policy) Other features of rehabilitation, treatment, and job training. They abandon the goals of incapacitation, retribution, and deterrence. They are premised on the positivist perspective. They acknowledge the role of the environment, but they seek to change people (as opposed to environmental conditions) Definition of rehabilitation, treatment, and job training. A planned correctional intervention that targets for change internal and/or social criminogenic factors with the goal of reducing recidivism and, where possible, of improving other aspects of an offender"s life. Rehabilitation and treatment programs work for some people and not others. Risk - some offenders are higher risk than others. Need - needs vary (social skills, education, treatment, housing, etc. ) Responsivity - general (treatment method) and specific (learning styles, literacy, anxiety, attention, etc. )
