NCJ Number
144894
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 73 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1993) Pages: 162-177
Date Published
1993
Length
16 pages
Annotation
Using a representative sample of 332 correctional and case management staff from the five geographic regions of the Federal Correctional Service of Canada, career orientation and work values were examined as factors that may relate to support for rehabilitation among correctional staff.
Abstract
The sample of 332 included 218 correctional officers, 61 institutional case management officers, and 54 community case management officers. Not surprisingly, correctional officers were less supportive of rehabilitation than case management staff. Among correctional officers, having favorable attitudes toward the field of corrections, showing an interest in career development, preferring work that involves people, and desiring work that facilitates personal growth were all positive predictors of support for rehabilitation. A desire to work with people was the only significant predictor of support for rehabilitation in the smaller sample of case management officers. Demographic variables were not helpful in understanding why some correctional personnel were more supportive of rehabilitative programming than others. Survey findings are discussed in terms of the challenges inherent in creating an engaged correctional work force that supports rehabilitative programming. 28 references and 4 tables