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Criminal Behavior and the Justice System pp 334–355Cite as

Evaluation Research on Correctional Treatment in West Germany: A Meta-analysis

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Compared with the United States and several West European countries, the institutionalization of treatment for criminals is only a relatively recent development in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). In 1969 § 65 StGB (Strafgesetzbuch; Penal Law) on placement in a sociotherapeutic prison was introduced as a major legal basis and one of the major advances in penal reform. The goal of this legislation was that the courts would order placement in a sociotherapeutic prison for the following groups of prisoners:

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    Recidivists with serious personality disorders

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    Dangerous sexual offenders

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    Young adult criminals who have been assessed as especially crime-prone

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    Criminally nonresponsible or reduced responsibility offenders, if placement in a sociotherapeutic prison would appear to provide a better opportunity for resocialization than treatment in a psychiatric clinic

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  1. Institute of Psychology, University of Kiel, New University, Building N 30, Olshausenstraße 40, 2300, Kiel, Germany

    Hermann Wegener

  2. Institute of Psychology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bismarckstraße 1, 8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Friedrich Lösel

  3. Department of General Medicine, University of Ulm, Am Hochstraäß 8, 7900, Ulm, Germany

    Jochen Haisch

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Lösel, F., Köferl, P. (1989). Evaluation Research on Correctional Treatment in West Germany: A Meta-analysis. In: Wegener, H., Lösel, F., Haisch, J. (eds) Criminal Behavior and the Justice System. Research in Criminology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86017-1_21

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