DEVELOPING CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS

• NCJ Number: 2183
• Author(s): E K NELSON; C H LOVELL
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 161 pages
• Corporate Author: Joint Cmssn on Correctional Manpower and Training
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A CLARIFICATION OF THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER'S ROLE, HIS PROBLEM, AND THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE.

Abstract

A SHIFT OF THE CORRECTIONAL FIELD AWAY FROM ITS ISOLATING, INSTITUTION BASED SYSTEM OF CUSTODIAL CONFINEMENT AND TOWARD A GOAL OF REINTEGRATING THE OFFENDER INTO THE COMMUNITY IS IDENTIFIED. ANOTHER SHIFT IS TOWARDS A CONCEPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR AS A CREATIVE AND HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL WHO WORKS WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS WHICH INTERACT DYNAMICALLY WITH MYRIAD FORCES AROUND THEM. TABLES ARE CONSTRUCTED TO GIVE A PROFILE OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS. REGARDING THEIR AGE, EDUCATION, SEX, EXPERIENCE, METHODS OF PLANNING, GOAL EMPHASIS, DECISION MAKING STYLES, MANAGERIAL STYLES, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)