@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating correctional treatments: toward a new perspective",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="1977",
author="Adams, Stuart",
volume="4",
number="4",
pages="323-339",
abstract="Some recent reviews of correctional treatment research have concluded that &quot;reform is a flop,&quot; and that &quot;with few and isolated exceptions,&quot; rehabilitation does not occur. More optimistic interpretations of correctional outcomes are possible if one focuses on (1) newer perceptions of the role of rehabilitation; (2) the quality of the evidence for treatment success; (3) variations in system or client outcome by type of research design; and (4) the relationship between research productivity and the organization of research. The prospects that corrections can be made to &quot;work&quot; appear improved if rehabilitation is seen as only one of several agency goals; if treatment success is seen as specific to selected combinations of client type, treatment mode, treatment site, and change agent; if both system models and outcome models of research are used; and if much of the research and development effort is located in-house.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/009385487700400401",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009385487700400401"
}