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The need to redefine social problems and examine social myths is certainly evident when one reviews interventions in the criminal justice system. Criminals have been variously defined as mad or bad and sometimes as both, but usually with little or no empirical support. Several decades ago, prominent mental health professioals like Menninger (1968) argued for the appropriateness of a mental illness perspective on criminal behavior (see Lehman, 1972, for an historical review). This perspective reinforced the notion that criminals should be treated rather than punished and led to the development of a variety of treatment programs, including the creation of a treatment-oriented prison, Patuxent Institute, in which prisoners were sent for an indeterminate time until they were rehabilitated. The treatment perspective gained popularity despite the fact that there were no empirical studies attesting to the validity of claims of effectiveness.
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Roesch, R., Foisy, D.J. (1986). Examining Criminal Justice Interventions. In: Seidman, E., Rappaport, J. (eds) Redefining Social Problems. Perspectives in Social Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2236-6_12
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