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The Human Experiment In Treatment: A Means To The End Of Offender Recidivism, Doris Layton Mackenzie, Gaylene S. Armstrong
The Human Experiment In Treatment: A Means To The End Of Offender Recidivism, Doris Layton Mackenzie, Gaylene S. Armstrong
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
This chapter highlights the role that high-quality evaluations, especially randomized experiments, and rigorous techniques of research synthesis (which include high-quality evaluations) have played in recent years in drawing attention to the importance and effectiveness of correctional treatment for offenders as well as the ineffectiveness of many popular “get tough” programs.