EVALUATION OF AN INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONAL TECHNIQUES - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 15376
• Author(s): G T KOWITZ; W H GRAVES; G M DRONBERGER; R H BLACK; N E BISHOP
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 26 pages
• Contract Number(s): J15C-2014
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of Oklahoma
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS USED TO ASSESS A TWO-WEEK BUREAU OF PRISONS STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM.

Abstract

DATA WERE COLLECTED THROUGH THREE PRIMARY METHODS. THE MAIN BODY OF DATA WAS GATHERED AT THE STAFF TRAINING CENTERS WHILE THE NEW EMPLOYEES WERE IN TRAINING. THE SECOND MAJOR SOURCE OF DATA WAS THE FOLLOW-UP REPORTS ON THE PROBATIONARY YEAR OF FORMER TRAINEES PROVIDED BY SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE BUREAU. CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION THROUGH SITE VISITS TO THE INSTITUTIONS. FIVE SPECIFIC TASKS WERE PROJECTED FOR THE EVALUATION. THEY INCLUDED A STUDY OF THE BACKGROUND OR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF THE TRAINEES, DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM FOR PEER AND STAFF RATING, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ATTITUDE SCALE WHICH WOULD REFLECT CHANGES IN ATTITUDES, BELIEFS OR A PHILOSOPHY OF CORRECTIONS, AS A RESULT OF THE TRAINING. IN ADDITION, AN ACHIEVEMENT TEST WAS DRAWN UP TO MEASURE THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION LEARNED BY THE TRAINEES DURING THE TWO WEEKS. A FOLLOW-UP STUDY ASSESSED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EMPLOYEES AFTER THEY HAD BEEN ON THE JOB. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARD SCORING SYSTEM FOR THE BUREAU OF PRISONS EMERGED AS A SIXTH TASK. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)