The Highfields Story: An Experimental Treatment Project for Youthful..
McCorkle, Lloyd W. Elias, Albert Bixby, F. Lovell The Highfields Story: An Experimental Treatment Project for Youthful Offenders. New York: Henry Holt, [1958]. x, 182 pp. Orange cloth with gilt stamped spine. Light shelfwear and soiling with some rubbing to spine. Author's inscription "To [?]/ Albert Elias/ 1966/ Asilomar, Cal." to front free endpaper. Internally clean. $35. * A significant work in the field of criminology and juvenile justice, documenting an early and influential effort to create more effective and humane rehabilitation programs. The authors describe the Highfields Project, a residential treatment program in New Jersey that implemented an innovative approach to correctional treatment for male youthful offenders. The key focus of the project was an alternative to traditional incarceration, emphasizing Short-Term Residence, Group Therapy and Community Integration.
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