NCJ Number
84646
Date Published
Unknown
Length
565 pages
Annotation
This three-volume study on attracting and retaining minority employees in corrections focuses on current and former correctional employees, inmates, and professional occupations associated with corrections.
Abstract
The first volume examines the policies and practices of six State prisons in the recruitment, screening, selection, promotion, and retention of minorities. The States represented are California, Michigan, Mississippi, and Ohio. The findings indicate that the standards and goals for minority recruitment in State correctional institutions, as specified by the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals in Corrections, are not being met. The second report indicates the projected number of minorities expected to be in certain corrections-related occupations from 1975-80. The overall finding is that minority groups are presently underrepresented in most corrections-related occupations considered, and while the supply of minority personnel is expected to increase in most of these professions between 1975 and 1980, they will still be underrepresented in 1980. Approaches are suggested for increasing the capability of correctional facilities to recruit specialized minority personnel. The third report analyzes minority employees' attitudes and perceptions as a means for designing and implementing recruitment and retention strategies. Specific study objectives were to develop statistical profiles of black corrections personnel, identify significant variables related to the recruitment and retention of black corrections personnel, and devise suggested procedures and techniques for recruiting and retaining black corrections employees. Appropriate graphic and tabular data accompany each report.