IMPACT OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING OF CORRECTIONAL COUNSELORS - AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF TREATMENT ATMOSPHERE AND SHIFTS IN INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR IN A CORRECTIONAL SETTING

• NCJ Number: 1957
• Author(s): T H SMITH
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 181 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of the Air Force
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SHOWS THAT INTENSIVE IN-SERVICE TRAINING OF SUBPROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS RESULTS IN IMPROVEMENT IN THE RESOCIALIZATION POTENTIAL OF AN INSTITUTION.

Abstract

THE RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY ASPECTS OF SUCH TRAINING IN NEED OF MODIFICATION. THIS REPORT EXPLAINS HOW THE TOTAL SOCIAL SYSTEM OR MILIEU OF AN INSTITUTION CAN BE USED IN A RESOCIALIZATION APPROACH TO PRISONER REHABILITATION. FOURTEEN QUESTIONNAIRE SCALES MEASURING NORMS, ATTITUDES, AND ROLE PERCEPTIONS ARE PRESENTED AND THEIR MEANING REPRESENTED ALONG A COMMUNICATIONS CONTINUUM IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SCALES CAN BE USED TO MEASURE THE POTENTIAL FOR RESOCIALIZATION. SCALE HOMOGENEITY, RELIABILITY, AND CONSTRUCT VALIDITY ARE DOCUMENTED. THE BACKGROUND OF INTENSIVE IN-SERVICE TRAINING OF STAFF IN THE RETRAINING GROUP IS GIVEN AND RELATED TO THE QUESTION OF IMPROVED RESOCIALIZATION; STAFF AND RETRAINEES AS SUBJECTS FOR THIS STUDY ARE DESCRIBED, AS IS THE RETRAINING GROUP SETTING ITSELF. ALL IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES ARE RECORDED IN DETAIL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) 15 REFERENCES