Also, when most lawbreakers are labeled criminals they enter the phase of secondary deviance. Next, some believe that if we want to rehabilitate criminals we must do more than just send them to prison. The programs must aim to change those who want to change. Moreover, another technique used to rehabilitate criminals is counseling. There is two types of counseling in general, individual and group counseling.
Individual counseling is much more costly than group counseling.
The aim of group counseling is to develop positive peer pressure that will influence its members. The idea is that a wider variety of solutions can be derived by drawing from the experience of several people with different backgrounds. Also one individuals problem might have already been solved by another group member and can be suggested. Most of today's correctional institutions lack the ability and programs to rehabilitate the criminals of America. One can predict that a prisoner held for two, four, eight or ten years, then released, still with no educationling, there is disadvantages.