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Villa St. Rose Group Home Study, William H. Finkle, Robert M. Hooper, Barry A. Friedman, Donna L. Jacobs, Julia C. Peterson

Dissertations and Theses

There has been a gradual move from the exclusive use of institutions for delinquent adolescents as a treatment resource to a realization that institutions need a variety of treatment methods in order to rehabilitate delinquents and other adolescents with adjustment problems. Villa St. Rose is an example of an institution which has acknowledged the effectiveness of developing a therapeutic milieu based on a professional institutional program supported by community treatment in the form of a group home experience.