A Wilderness Challenge Program as Correctional Treatment.

Considers challenge programs as treatment for adult offenders, focusing on APPEL (Adult Probation Positive Experiential Learning) program. Describes development of such offender programs, discusses how particular activities might be used to increase probationers' receptivity to traditional treatment services, examines reasons for apparent success of challenge programs, and explores aspects of challenge course implementation in correctional settings. (Author/NB)