Verification of the effects of dogs on prisoners as education for their rehabilitation

对精神发育迟滞和/或有精神问题的囚犯进行了狗访视计划，作为压力管理和沟通训练的康复计划。该方案对囚犯的心理社会有效。此外，医生的诊断，囚犯的自我评价和处理者的评价的有效性进行了澄清。该计划的实施对狗和它们的训练者没有太大的负担。囚犯和管理人员都报告了该计划的有效性。

A dog-visiting program was conducted for the inmates with mental retardation and/or psychiatric problems as a rehabilitation program for stress management and communication training. The program was psychosocially effective for the inmates. Moreover, the validity of the doctors’ diagnosis, the inmates’ self-evaluation and the handlers’ evaluation was clarified. The program was conducted without much burden on the dogs and their handlers. Both the inmates and the handlers reported the effectiveness of the program.