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Evaluation of an Intervention Program With Work Release Residents

NCJ Number
97270
Journal
Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Dated: (Spring 1985) Pages: 35-42
Author(s)
A G Krasnoff; L R Partridge
Date Published
1985
Length
8 pages
Annotation
An experimental group of work release residents participated in a 16 hour intervention program designed to enhance psychological maturity.
Abstract
Comparisons of the experimental group with a non-participant control group and with itself at pre- and post-testing revealed significant changes on a number of psychological measures favoring the experimental group. (Author abstract)