Helping Mcoholic Criminals

Abstract

This article is taken from a study of a collaborative effort be tween the Florida Probation and Parole Commission and the Florida Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program, both state agencies, in which thirty alcoholic probationers and parolees were volun tarily treated for alcoholism. The author of that study, Dr. S. M. Jourard, of the University of Florida College of Nursing, con sidered the large caseload of probation and parole supervisors in Florida a limiting factor, since the supervisor must maintain close contact with all alcoholic cases in order to evaluate each indi vidual's potential for rehabilitation.