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The failure of the existing correctional system to rehabilitate is presented. A new model treatment program for criminal offenders, which is largely derived from Danish and Dutch examples, has just begun in Fresno, California. The program is based on our current
psychodynamic understanding of the etiology of criminal behavior and operates on many levels, including gaining of insight, habit training and re-enforcement of positive behaviors, and development of interpersonal relations with opportunity for wholesome identification and acquisition of adaptive skills.