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Cagayan de Oro College

PHINMA Education Network

SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Max Suniel Street, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City

THE IMPACT OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the

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Subject

Submitted by:

Dimaligalig, David Dugenio, Erica Jhel

Divinosa, Chris Florence Domingo, Crisvir

Deligero, Marcial Jr. BSCRIM3-05

Student

Submitted to:

KIM DEXTER G. RAMIREZ

Instructor

March 15, 2023

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Introduction

In every jail facility here in the Philippines, Therapeutic Community is one of

the major rehabilitation programs that has been used for the rehabilitation of every

Person Deprived of Liberty or PDL who has behavioral problems and also for those

who are drug offenders. Today, illegal drug involvement is very common, and here in

Cagayan de Oro City, cases of illegal drug use are rampant. Therapeutic Community

Programs are practical for these kinds of problems in order to rehabilitate these

offenders who are involved in illegal drugs. The main goal of treatment, according to

the TC model, is to change recovering users' ways of thinking, acting, and

conducting daily life. This is expected to come through the internalization of

cognitive, behavioral, perceptual, and moral patterns provided by the TC (De Leon,

2000). As a component of his or her biographical work, the recovering user learns to

confess to himself or herself and others, and thereby to account for his or her actions

and thoughts. 

For instance, this program could give them a chance to acquire job skills,

which will improve the chances that Person Deprived of Liberty or PDL will become

productive citizens upon release. The programs must aim to change those who want

to change. Those who are taught to produce useful goods and to be productive are

likely to develop the self-esteem essential to a normal, integrated personality. This

kind of program would provide many useful skills and habits and replace the sense

of hopelessness that many PDL have.

TCs currently serve a wide array of clients and their diverse problems; through

advances in research on treatment outcomes, the composition of staff has been

reshaped, the duration of residential treatment has been reduced, the treatment
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goals have been reset, and, to a considerable extent, the approach to therapy itself

has been modified. This paper provides an overview of the TC as a distinct social-

psychological method for treating addiction and related disorders. Included in this is

a focus on the multifaceted psychological wounds that consistently show a strong

association with addiction and thereby require initiating a recovery process

characterized by life-style and identity changes.

Important for a Person Deprived of Liberty or PDL is to have a will to change

himself and then give him support to improve. Many of them do not know how to

start a new life; therapeutic community programs are the way, and they can

enlighten their future lives. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)

has adopted the "Therapeutic Community Modality Program,” or TCMP, as a new

approach to inmate management that requires a new glossary of terms relative to

felons and the introduction of a new way of life in confinement.

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Statement of the Problem

The researchers are interested about the impact of Therapeutic

Community Program. The researchers are determined to answer the following

questions:

1. What is the respondent’s profile in terms of:

1.1 Age;

1.2 Sex;

1.3 Occupation

2. What is the impact of Therapeutic Community Program in terms of:

2.1 Insights about the program;

2.2 Effectiveness of the program

Schematic Diagram

The researchers are interested to answer the questions to know the impact of

Therapeutic Community Program in Cagayan de Oro City.

INDEPENDENT VARIABLES DEPENDENT VARIABLES

Profile of the Respondent in terms of: Impact of Therapeutic Community
Program in Cagayan de Oro City
 Age
 Sex  Insights about the program
 Occupation  Effectiveness of the program
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Purpose of the Study

The Purpose of the study is to determine the impact of Therapeutic

Community Program of the residents of Cagayan de Oro City. The study aims to

know how effectively Therapeutic Community is being applied to the Person

Deprived of Liberty or PDL.

Respondents of the Study

The respondents of the research study are the residents of Cagayan de Oro

City.
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Reference

 De Leon G. (2000). The Therapeutic Community: Theory, Model, and Method.

Springer Publishing Company: New York. Retrieved from:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7424041/

 De Leon G and Unterrainer HF (2020) The Therapeutic Community: A Unique

Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related

Disorders. Front. Psychiatry. Retrieved from:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00786/full

 Abante, et.al (1993). “Status of Female Offenders at Batangas Provincial Jail”,

An Unpublished Undergraduate Thesis, Lyceum of the Philippines

University, Batangas City. Retrieved from:

https://research.lpubatangas.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/EJRSS-

EFFECTIVENESS-OF-THERAPEUTIC-COMMUNITY-MODALITY-

PROGRAM-IMPLEMENTED-IN-BATANGAS-CITY-JAIL-PHILIPPINES.pdf

 DOJ, Parole and Probation Administration, Therapeutic Community (TC).

Retrieved from: https://probation.gov.ph/therapeutic-community/

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