BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION INDEX DESIGNED TO EVALUATE TRAINING OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS IN A PRISON SETTING

• NCJ Number: 3234
• Author(s): A D WITHERSPOON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 133 pages
• Sale Source: Rehabilitation Research Foundation
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: MS THESIS AUBURN UNIV

Annotation

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT THAT COULD BE USED TO INDEX AND ANALYZE THE BEHAVIOR OF OFFICERS IN INTERACTIONS WITH INMATES, AND TO EVALUATE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAMS.

Abstract

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO AN OBSERVATION FORM FOR EVALUATING THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER'S BEHAVIOR WERE - DEFINING THE CRITERION OF APPROPRIATE OFFICER BEHAVIOR, SPECIFYING THE UNIT OF BEHAVIOR TO OBSERVE, SIMPLIFYING OBSERVER CODING, DETERMINING OBSERVER AND INSTRUMENT ERROR, SELECTING PRISON AREAS FOR GATHERING INFORMATION, DETERMINING THE OBSERVER'S INFLUENCE ON OFFICER-INMATE INTERACTION.