This approach, which has shown some positive results, was used in a 20 year follow-up study, with a control group, and counting even those who had dropped out of the program—all excellent (and rarely used) evaluative techniques—and the results are good; though tempered somewhat, as it was used for misdemeanors as well as felonies, and used solely within a therapeutic community drug treatment program.
The research can be downloaded here.
Lampstand Foundation website, http://www.lampstandfoundation.org/
"The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. Nobody is so competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. Nobody, except the saint." Charles Peguy (1873-1914)
About
- David H. Lukenbill
- I am a California native, married, we have one daughter and live close to the American River with two cats and all the wild critters we can feed. I am a management consultant to nonprofit organizations and have an Associates of Arts degree in Administration of Justice from Sacramento City College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Public Administration degree, also from the University of San Francisco.