Abstract
The failure of the existing correctional system to rehabilitate is presented. A new model treatment program for criminal offenders, largely derived from Danish and Dutch examples, just begun in Fresno, California, based on our current psychodynamic understanding of the etiology of criminal behavior and operating on many levels including gaining of insight, habit training and reinforcement of positive behaviors, development of interpersonal relations with opportunity for wholesome identification and acquisition of adaptive skills is detailed.
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