The Atascadero Project:
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Homosexuality
- Vol. 1 (1) , 87-97
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j082v01n01_07
Abstract
This paper reviews the representation of homosexuality in psychiatric literature, particularly that portion which maintains that homosexulity is a psychopathological condition, and offers an alternative perspective of homosexuals as a minority group that should be provided meaningful social and psychological services in the criminal justice system. It proceeds to describe the sexual retraining program ata maximum security prison hospital that houses primarily pedophiles, and outlines a program consisting of desensitization and education of the prison staff, cooperation with local gay groups, and seual retraining of the homosexual pedophiles in the direction of adult homosexual behavior.Keywords
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