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Correctional institutions have two purposes—custody and rehabilitation. This paper attempts to analyze the organizational patterns and problems of juvenile correctional institutions in regard to their goals. The findings of a study of six juvenile institutions for boys indicate that (1) institutions which stress treatment are likely to have a greater delegation of authority and a more complex departmental structure; (2) treatment institu tions and organizations which place equal stress on custody and treatment are more likely to have higher levels of conflict among staff; (3) staff in treatment institutions are less distant and domineering with the inmates; and (4) inmates' attitudes and groupings are more positive in the treatment institut...
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