TRAINING AND SELF-TRAINING OF FUTURE CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL IN PSYCHOLOGICALLY POSITIVE BEHAVIOR TOWARDS INMATES

• NCJ Number: 15145
• Journal: Kriminologisches Journal Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL-JUNE 1974) Pages: 105-116
• Author(s): A KUEHNE; F RASCHTA
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Arbeitskreis Junger Kriminologen
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

RESULTS OF ATTITUDE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR PERSONNEL OF THE HAMBURG, WEST GERMANY CORRECTIONAL BUREAU TO ELICIT MORE ATTENTIVE AND CONSIDERATE BEHAVIOR TOWARD INMATES.

Abstract

IN ONE STUDY, 19 PRISON PERSONNEL CANDIDATES ATTENDED FOUR TWO-HOUR TRAINING SESSIONS WHICH INCLUDED ROLEPLAYING, CONVERSATIONAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING, AND SELFTRAINING USING A SEVEN-STEP SCALE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS UTTERANCES TO INMATES IN DAILY PRISON SITUATIONS. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ADMINISTERED TO THE GROUP BEFORE AND AFTER TRAINING SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN AGGRESSIVE AND AUTHORITATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD INMATES. DATA IS PROVIDED ON THE DESIGN AND RESULTS OF THE TESTS. IN A SECOND STUDY, 43 ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES ATTENDED ONE TWO-HOUR TRAINING SESSION WHICH INCLUDED ONLY SELFTRAINING USING THE EVALUATIVE SCALE. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ADMINISTERED TO THE GROUP AFTER TRAINING SHOWED A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER DEGREE OF CONSIDERATE AND ATTENTIVE BEHAVIOR TOWARD INMATES THAN WAS SHOWED BY A CONTROL GROUP. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE RESULTS FOR THE CORRECTIONAL AND RESOCIALIZATION PROCESS IS ALSO DISCUSSED. --IN GERMAN