Follow-up work after release, including probationary periods and environment change, secures social adjustment¶

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Description¶

The outline makes follow-up work one of the most important activities for securing proper social adjustment after institutional training. A probationary period is frequently most valuable, during which the individual is studied in reactions to the new environment, and a change into a different environment from that where the delinquencies occurred is often needed after release.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Follow-up must also ascertain the real merits and efficiencies of what has been done in the institution and satisfy standards the individual has acquired

Constraints¶

• The authors warn that nothing is so uneconomical as to have a breakdown after years of educational treatment

Target Learners¶

• released young offenders

Target Learning Goals¶

• normal social adjustment after institutional training

Related Strategies¶

• Use a receiving ward with separate rooms for physical and moral diagnosis before placing a delinquent

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• William Healy and Augusta F. Bronner. (1916). An Outline for Institutional Education and Treatment of Young Offenders. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0071384