A Study of the English Reform School

Reviews the book, Borstal Reassessed by Roger Hood (1965). The Borstal System, through the voluntary Borstal Association, also operated an after-care program for releasees. The author's description and analysis of this program are among the best in my literature dealing with aspects of parole and follow-up community services. An important point is scored by the author when he deals with the problem of evaluation of institutional training vs aftercare Research data, he says, do not exist that either differentiate or control for the effect of one or disentangle the interaction of both. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)