Abstract
Purpose – This paper aims to explore the precarious existence which therapeutic communities face and the recurring concern about their survival.Design/methodology/approach – Some general factors related to the possible collapse of communities are explored through a comparative study of communes, prisons, mutinies and student protest. Sources of internal disorganisation and external threat are examined and the crucial role of leadership explored.Findings – A typology is suggested in which therapeutic communities exhibit a career of death, from functional failure, through self awareness, to official closure.Originality/value – The paper provides valuable insight into therapeutic communities.
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