Through these courses and on-site programs that teach basic life skills, Criminon helps offenders regain their self-respect and personal integrity, enabling them to return to society as contributing, productive citizens. Offenders gain a practical understanding of right and wrong and the satisfaction of ethical and social conduct — sometimes for the first time in their lives.
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The Criminon program offers preventatiive programs, ex-offender reentry and mentoring programs as well as in-prison transitional programs geared towards life skills and job readiness.
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The time tested curriculum of the Criminon courses empower the individual to regain his self-respect and his willingness to trust himself.
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The curriculum of the Criminon program is composed of courses broken down into several distinct modules.
‍Criminon helps inmates, ex-offenders and at-risk individuals in a variety of settings, ranging from on-site programs delivered by in juvenile halls to correspondence courses which reach even into the new super-maximum security prisons to workshops delivered on the ground to at risk youth and to gang interventionists. In all, approximately 8,400 offenders take Criminon courses each week.

The Way to Happiness. This common sense moral code is a non-religious guide for sensible behavior, showing an individual how to live happily and in harmony with his family, neighbors and fellow man. Through a program of study and drills centered around this booklet, Criminon rehabilitates the individual’s lost sense of responsibility for himself, his family, society and our environment.
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Our societies have deteriorated in the latter half of the twentieth century. The moral standards in the home, schools and even religious institutions have likewise deteriorated. Today many grow to maturity without useful moral guidelines and succumb to the real pressures and temptations of modern society.
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Mr. Hubbard wroteThe Way to Happinessin 1981 in response to this need to educate people on the basic and simple moral values necessary to live a happy and productive life. Criminon believes that people are not born criminals. Through lack of education and belief, trust and respect in oneself, through lack of standards and guides, man turns to crime. To remedy this Mr. Hubbard set out 21 fundamental precepts or teachings by which one can chart his path.

These are:

Criminon students study the booklet as part of a self-study correspondence course or under the supervision of a Criminon staff member in a workshop or classroom, in accordance with the structure of the particular program.
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They complete a series of practical exercises covering each precept, working with the Criminon staff as needed to get through the program. In the process of applying the precepts to his or her life, the student comes to understand how it was that his past behavior and that of others led to harm and learns that he is able to act successfully to improve his own life and the lives of those around him. Thus the Criminon student comes to realize that he is capable of making correct moral choices and regains his own self respect. The student comes to slough off his criminal outlook and adoptThe Way to Happiness precepts as his own.

In this way, Criminon usesThe Way to Happinessto re-establish and rehabilitate the individual.
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Criminon does not require of its students that they accept or believe what they read – only that they understand and apply the material. It is the student’s own use of the information and seeing the results which brings about his personal realization and rehabilitation.

There are numerous factors which may have contributed to a person’s descent into criminality. Among these are lack of basic literacy skills, lack of skills for communication and relationships, and a lack of an knowing how do deal with those individuals and situations which cause severe stress and anti-survival pressures in one’s life. Oftentimes, such factors must be addressed in order to supply the individual with the tools he or she needs to attain stability in life.
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Criminon programs incorporate handlings for these and other elements, using specific methodologies devised by L. Ron Hubbard to address such difficulties. The specific programs will vary according to the needs of the individual or the particular group situation in which the Criminon program is being administered. All Criminon programs use The Way to Happinessas their core element to restore a person's self-respect.

No.The Way to Happinessis an extremely popular and needed booklet. Over 62 million copies of the booklet have been distributed through community and peace campaigns since the booklet was first published. It is used daily in schools, businesses, governments as well as by parents, children, teachers, former gang members and, in truth, by anyone who is looking for a moral compass as a guide through these troubled times.
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Criminon usesThe Way to Happinessin the field of criminal rehabilitation as well as crime prevention.

Criminon is an independently incorporated organization and is licensed to use Mr. Hubbard's social betterment methodologies, including drug rehabilitation and criminal rehabilitation methodology. Mr. Hubbard did extensive research in this field and we are privileged to have the license to utilize his findings.
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Criminon programs are available to anyone regardless of their religion or belief systems.
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Criminon is very happy to have the support of the Church of Scientology because, like many other religions, its members are very involved in community betterment programs and participate as volunteers.
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Criminon is licensed by the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE), a non-profit corporation recognized as tax exempt under the 501(c)(3) status of the Internal Revenue Code. ABLE works to ensure that the social betterment methodologies of Mr. Hubbard are standardly and properly applied in accordance with the licensing agreements for their use. ABLE also acts to ensure that social betterment corporations such as Criminon are provided with the compilations of Mr. Hubbard’s materials necessary for them to accomplish their social mission and to promote the benefits of Mr. Hubbard’s discoveries in these areas.

Criminon is not licensed to use and does not utilize the religious writings and technologies of Mr. Hubbard. It has the secular purpose of eradicating the scourge of crime which plagues and, often, terrorizes our societies.

The international headquarters for Criminon is located in Los Angeles, California on Hollywood Blvd. There are Criminon offices around the globe, including countries such as the United States, Mexico, Europe, South Africa, Asia and Australia.
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Criminon is currently active in more than 2,500 prisons across the planet.
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The time tested curriculum of the Criminon courses empower the individual to regain his self-respect and his willingness to trust himself.
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Anybody can volunteer for Criminon. Volunteers can work from home, supervising inmates through the Criminon correspondence program through the mail.
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Anyone can work for Criminon. In addition to Criminon staff, there are upwards of 1,000 volunteers around the world who contribute their time and energies to assist Criminon’s mission.
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Activities range from supervising inmate prison correspondence courses to working directly with inmates in prisons, with juveniles in juvenile detention facilities, in community crime education and prevention programs, and in the administration of the Criminon organization itself.
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Criminon provides the specialized training for the administration of courses to inmates and other training as needed. Your help is welcome.

Contact Criminon International at president@criminon.org to find out how best to start Criminon activities in your area.  It's easy and there is something you can get started on right away!

You can purchase a “Criminon Starter Pack” which will take you step by step through the actions necessary to start a Criminon program.

To find out more about the Criminon program and what you can do to help handle the problem of crime and to rehabilitate and salvage criminals.