Controversy concerning the criminal justice system and its implications for the role of mental health workers.

Abstract

2 The indefinite sentence lasts until the person is pronounced "cured," as in the case of civil commitments to a mental hospital. The indeterminate sentence is a penalty sentence, usually with a maximum and minimum time specified.

Problems in Operating a Drug Rehabilitation Center in an Adult Correctional Setting and Some Preventive Guidelines or Strategies

“…Philosophical differences between security and treatment objectives are often experienced by the treatment person working in a correctional setting (Bliss, 1975;Nassi, 1975;Silber, 1974). Accordingly, many of the operational difficulties of a residential treatment program in a correctional facility arise from these differences in philosophical bases.…”

“…In some prison systems, guidelines are established for gradual release into society of inmates in the general prison population through furloughs, work release, or study release (Silber, 1974). Often these guidelines are based on length of time served and good prison behavior rather than on indices of personal growth or other kinds of response to treatment.…”

Major Ethical Issues in Public Offender Counseling

“…The issue of voluntary participation in counseling is an important ethical issue and has been addressed in the professional literature (Grisso, 1974;Nassi, 1975;Silber, 1974). It is common to find correctional personnel who think that counseling for public of-fenders should be mandatory, that public offenders should receive rewards for participating in counseling, o r both.…”

Psychological resources in australasian correctional departments

“…North American literature in the comtional psychology area has concentrated more upon philosophical and operational issues. In the 1970s, a series of publications highlighted the fragile independence of psychologists and the problems involved in providing treatment within penal settings, and the need to provide training to address these issues (e.g., American Psychological Association, 1978; Brodsky, 1973;Fowler & Brodsky, 1978; Nietzel & Moss, 1972; Silber, 1974). Papers concerning historical and contemporary aspects of correctional psychology in England and Wales have mostly comprised descriptions of service delivery.…”

“…As with the development of types and range of services, professional issues in Australasian Correctional psychology have shown little diffemce to those in North America The constant juggling of rehabilitation with other goals (e.g., punishment and deterrence) in North America has produced attitudes to psychologists which have ranged from moderately positive.to hostile (Brodsky, 1973;Gendreau, 1979;Silber, 1974). This found an echo in Australasia (Brown, 1980;Veno 1978).…”