A Positivistic Study on Treatment Typology (Part II)

Abstract

Three investigations were carried in a juvenile training school in Japan on the assumptions of Part I of this article.

In Research 1, a tentative typology (Typology 1) was constructed from interpersonal axes by using questionnaires, interview method and semantic differential tests.

In Research 2, the validity of the typology was checked by using questionnaires to staffs. And the dimensions for constructing a treatment typology which is based on the typifications of staffs and inmates were investigated by using a method which is similar to Q-sort technique.

In Research 3, a treatment typology (Typology 2) was constructed as the results of Research 1 and 2 and of intensive case analyses. The dimensions of typology are interpersonal orientation, interpersonal skill and value orientation.