Treatment Programs

Abstract

While rooted in the Medical Model, treatment programs attempt to alleviate conditions that criminal offenders suffer from that lead to deviance and criminality. The underlying justification for treatment programs involves the notion that without proper intervention, criminals will continue to take part in criminal acts. Although many treatment programs exist, a tremendous focus has been on the development of community‐based treatment programs as a way to reduce prison and jail overcrowding. One promising community‐based treatment program is the Day Reporting Center (DRC). DRCs attempt to treat offenders in a holistic fashion to reduce substance use and crime while maintaining the offenders' social bonds to their families and the community.