CRJ 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: American Correctional Association, Zebulon Brockway, Habilitation
Document Summary
Introduction: the rise and fall (and rise again) of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation or habilitation (socialization, skilled training, etc. ) Programming and treatment address criminogenic needs, but can also provide concrete. Whatever helps the offender helps the community. Rehabilitation was the goal of the early american prison reformers such as zebulon. Brockway: influenced by british pioneers alexander maconochie and walter crofton. Ideal reached pinnacle of its popularity from about 1950 through the 1970s: medical model of criminal behavior, indeterminate sentences until cured of their criminal ways. During this period, american prison association changed its name to the american. Correctional association to emphasize its changing role: consistent with switch from punishment role to more rehabilitative corrections role. Rehabilitative goal was questioned, then fell apart: publication of robert martinson"s article in 1974. Programs are not one size fits all : there is no panacea for crime, there is no single anti-crime treatment, there are other factors that influence the outburst of crime.
