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Article: The role of religious services in the Oregon Accountability Model.(A View From the Line)
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- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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There is a growing realization in the medical, psychological and criminal justice fields that we are more likely to achieve lasting results by providing a combination of programs or treatments rather than by depending on one cutting-edge theory or treatment alone. This is known as giving the patient or client a cocktail. In medicine, for example, cancer patients are given a large number of cancer-fighting medications rather than one or two semi-proven treatments.
The Oregon Department of Corrections is trying to rehabilitate offenders. We hope to change the way criminals think, because we believe that behavior is simply an outward expression of inward thought. In ...