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Crime, Correction & the Public
Date published: 01 Aug 1974
Author: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Publication series: Statistical report
Subject: Perceptions of crime, Socioeconomic factors
Correctional workers are divided on many issues. One point, however, on which there is general agreement is that the effectiveness of prison rehabilitation programme is dependent upon community backing. Trade, vocational and other forms of prison training are of little benefit if the discharged prisoner returns to a hostile, unaccepting community.