Download or read book A Profile of Correctional Effectiveness and New Directions for Research written by Ted Palmer and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-03-31 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes and integrates a vast body of previously unintegrated research regarding the effectiveness of correctional intervention, which emphasizes treatment and rehabilitation but also includes methods of control. It develops detailed as well as global methods for conducting more fruitful research in the future and for understanding why and how many programs work.