NCJ Number
100151
Date Published
1984
Length
18 pages
Annotation
These four papers examine correctional employee burnout, inmate suicide prevention, youthful offender treatment and facility management, and the use of the automated social history in community corrections.
Abstract
The first paper presents results of a study showing high levels of stress-related physical and emotional illness, impaired job performance, and increased marital disruption among personnel in two Kentucky correctional institutions. Logotherapy, an existential approach focusing on increasing individual stress-management skills, is recommended as a means to combat burnout. The second paper describes a suicide prevention program for correctional facilities. Program components include staff training, inmate screening, crisis management, facility design/ modification to enhance inmate supervision, review of suicide incidents, and revision of management policies. The next paper describes staffing, support, admission, and facility design parameters of a therapeutic-community approach to the treatment of substance abusing youthful offenders in Florida. The final paper describes a computerized method for collecting offender social history information for use in inmate treatment and probation decisionmaking. 39 references.