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12 Crime & Delinquency 1 (1966)

handle is hein.journals/cadq12 and id is 1 raw text is: CRIME and DELINQUENCY NATONAL COUNCI ON aIM AND DEUNQUENC Volume 12 January 1966 Number 1 Development of Mental Health Programs in Correction* ASHER R. PACHT Chief, Clinical Services, Division of Corrections, Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare Deputy Commissioner (Treatment), Massachusetts Department of Corrections, 1956-57; Chief Psychologist, Division of Corrections, Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare, 1957-62 B.S., 1943, B.A. (Psychology), 1947, M.A. (Psychology), 1948, Ohio University; Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), 1953, University of Wisconsin SEYMOUR L. HALLECK, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Chief, Clinical Services, Division of Corrections, Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare, 1961-63 Ph.B., 1948, B.S., 1950, M.D., 1952, University of Chicago Mental health programs have not made a significant impact on the correctional field as a whole. Both the shortcomings of the correctional environment, which have been stressed, and the shortcomings of the mental health approach in correction, which have been ignored, have contributed to this failure. Despite these inadequacies, mental health personnel can make useful contri- * The original version of this paper was Crime and Delinquency, Boston, Mass., presented at the Ith National Institute on June 1964.