RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL (FROM PROBATION AND PAROLE - SELECTED READINGS, 1970, JOHN WILEY & SONS - SEE NCJ-03284)

• NCJ Number: 3439
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1966) Pages: 232-239
• Author(s): G GEIS; E CAVANAGH
• Date Published: 1966
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

VOCATIONAL UPGRADING APPEARS TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN CORRECTIONAL MANPOWER POLICIES.

Abstract

TWO RESEARCH PROBES WERE CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON FACTS AND PROBLEMS IN AGENCY PROCEDURES AND THOSE INDICATED BY CORRECTIONAL WORKERS THEMSELVES. MOST REMARKS CENTERED ON THE NEED FOR SMALLER CASE LOADS, HIGHER PAY, PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES, LESS PAPER WORK, AND RECOGNITION AS PROFESSIONALS.