Jail Officer Training - Goals, Techniques and Evaluation Criteria (From Sneaking Inmates Down and Alley, P 181-192, 1986, David B Kalinich and John Klofas, eds. - See NCJ-103688)

• NCJ Number: 103700
• Author(s): L X Lombardo
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 12 pages
• Sale Source: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, 1985.

Annotation

The described inservice training program for jail officers is an exercise in learning about officers' work and work place so as to improve inmates' living quality and officers' job satisfaction.

Abstract

The program does not replace basic officer training in security procedures, first aid, self-defense, physical training, fire prevention and safety, human relations and communications skills, and crisis intervention/emergency procedures. The program is designed to enhance safety, lawfulness, industriousness, and hope in jails. The four training exercises focus on officer tasks, stress and coping, jail officer characteristics, and environmental mapping (develop officer skills in analyzing jail environments and resources and relating them to the meeting of inmate needs). Substantive material is derived from officers' daily experience. The training process involves officers in thinking about the issues discussed, writing their observations, small group discussions, and the sharing of information across groups. Evaluation of the training program focuses on officer behavior, officer job stress, and organizational change and climate. 4 notes and 24 references.