With its deinstitutionalization of juvenile offenders in the early 1970s, the Department of Youth Services in the state of Massachusetts de veloped the reputation of being extremely progressive. However, the label progressive does not characterize all forms of juvenile correction under the new system. In the midst of deinstitutionalization, a small maximum-security prison was developed for juvenile offenders who could not be treated in any of the community-based programs de signed to replace the training schools. Despite all the therapeutic jargon and liberal claims relating to secure care, the Worcester Secure Treatment Program was and remains a prison. Attempts to impose concepts of treatment in this maximum-security, custodial setting have led to conflict and confusion in objectives, with unfortunate re sults.
A Study on The Support for Social Rehabilitation of Juvenile Offenders - Focusing on the Act on Juvenile Training Schools and Act on Juvenile Classification Homes in Japan -
