NCJ Number
41497
Date Published
1976
Length
506 pages
Annotation
THIS NARRATIVE AND STATISTICAL REPORT DESCRIBES A PROJECT WHOSE AIM WAS TO UNDERSTAND STRESS IN PRISON, TO EVOLVE TOOLS TO MATCH INMATES WITH PRISON PROGRAMS SO AS TO MINIMIZE THEIR DISCOMFORT, AND TO FACILITATE ADJUSTMENT.
Abstract
TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROJECT GOALS, THE STAFF EVOLVED TECHNIQUES TO MEASURE INMATE SATISFACTION MULTI-DIMENSIONALLY, MAPPED INMATE REACTIONS TO PRISON BY INTERVIEWING RANDOM SAMPLES OF INMATES, STUDIED INMATES IN A VARIETY OF PROTECTIVE OR AMELIORATIVE PRISON SUBSETTINGS, SURVEYED INMATES SUBJECTED TO STRESS THROUGH PREDATORY ACTIVITIES BY OTHER INMATES, INTERVIEWED SAMPLES OF PRISON STAFF ABOUT INMATES UNDER STRESS, AND FOLLOWED UP A SAMPLE OF INMATES WHO HAD BEEN RELEASED ON PAROLE. THE PROJECT STAFF ALSO DESIGNED AND TESTED OUT AN INSTRUMENT TO BE USED IN THE CLASSIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF PRISON INMATES AT INTAKE. RESEARCH DATA IS PRESENTED IN THE FORMS OF INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSES.