MODEL ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• NCJ Number: 27485
• Author(s): L W HELLERVIK; W C BORMAN; L DOUCE; T DOHM; T O MURTON; P J BAUNACH
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 145 pages
• Contract Number(s): DL 21-28-83-09
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Labor
• Corporate Author: Personnel Decisions, Inc
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A MANPOWER ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR CRIMINAL OFFENDERS DIRECTED TOWARDS MAKING PRACTICAL TRAINING AND JOB CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS.

Abstract

THE MODEL COMBINES TRADITIONAL PROCEDURES OF VOCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, SUCH AS PAPER-AND-PENCIL JOB APTITUDE TESTING AND INDIVIDUAL VOCATIONAL COUNSELING, WITH MORE RECENT TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS LIFE PLANNING EXERCISES, BEHAVIORAL SIMULATIONS OF JOB SITUATIONS, AND THE 'ASSESSMENT CENTER' CONCEPT. THE ASSESSMENT CENTER IS THE CENTRAL FEATURE OF THE CLASSIFICATION MODEL. AT THE ASSESSMENT CENTER, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BE CONDUCTED AT THAT POINT JUST PRIOR TO MOST INMATES BEING ASSIGNED TO TRAINING PROGRAMS, OFFENDERS WOULD BE PLACED IN A VARIETY OF BEHAVIORAL SIMULATIONS DESIGNED TO REVEAL A PROFILE OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES TO THE STAFF. AT A POINT JUST PRIOR TO RELEASE, INMATES WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR A 'PRE-RELEASE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER' DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INMATES WITH CRITICAL JOB SEEKING SKILLS AND TO CONTINUE THE LIFE WORK PLANNING PROGRAM BEGUN EARLIER. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)