Institutionalized Persuasion: The Technology of Reformation in Straight Incorporated and the Residential Teen Treatment Industry - Softcover

Chatfield, Marcus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503137198 ISBN 13: 9781503137196

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

This is Marcus’s undergraduate thesis, written in 2013 and 2014. His graduate thesis, Totalistic Teen Treatment: A Qualitative Analysis of Retrospective Accounts (2019), is now available in paperback and as a free PDF, online. Institutionalized Persuasion provides new information about the history and dynamics of coercion in residential teen treatment settings. While private sector programs continue to make millions utilizing dangerous yet unregulated methods, adolescents are abused each year in the name of treatment. By addressing the root causes of harm and presenting new strategies for the prevention of institutional child abuse, Institutionalized Persuasion offers a unique perspective on a highly controversial, persistent problem.

About this title

About the Author:

Marcus Chatfield graduated from Straight Incorporated in 1987 and soon became curious about the side-effects of the treatment regimen. After two decades of independent study he enrolled at Goddard College, designing his curriculum to focus on the prevention of institutional child abuse. Graduating in 2013 with a bachelors in Individualized Studies, this book was his undergraduate thesis. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina where he sings, plays guitar, writes songs, and builds musical instruments.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1503137198
• ISBN 13: 9781503137196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316