ABSTRACT
Probation supervision and guidance has traditionally been only superficial, generally involving infrequent and ritualistic contacts between officer and offender. Few if any special programs of more intensive treatment and worker-client contacts can approximate the probation success rates. A fairly clear pattern of progression with respect to the association between delinquency history and treatment program is also evident. This pattern indicates that the extent of delinquency tends to increase from Probation through Essex fields and Group Centers to Annandale. All of the scores for the Probation successes indicate that they are not very disturbed and are fairly well adjusted. Probation failures are less so, but are similar to both the failures and successes in Essex fields and Group Centers. The pre- to post-treatment MMPI changes made by boys while on Probation were relatively minimal. Of the basic MMPI scales, the significant changes were an increase on the depression and defensiveness scales, and a decrease on the paranoia and social introversion scales.
