NCJ Number
103297
Journal
Journal of Offender Counseling, Services and Rehabilitation Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Dated: (Summer 1986) Pages: 79-86
Date Published
1986
Length
8 pages
Annotation
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of three Oregon State Penitentiary minority inmate groups -- blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans -- towards the recreation program as a rehabilitative tool.
Abstract
Two other purposes were to (1) determine significant differences among group attitudes, and (2) determine the degree to which each group accepted/rejected rehabilitation achievement. A survey questionnaire of 50 items representing rehabilitation achievement in three areas (program management, facility/equipment provision, and habits/participation) validated by Delphi technique was utilized. A one-way ANOVA was applied for data analysis and hypothesis testing. Where significance was achieved at the .05 level or beyond the Student-Newman-Keuls' posttest was used. The Chi-Square technique was also used to determine the degree of rehabilitation achievement among the three groups. Findings regarding rehabilitation achievement indicated that (a) black attitudes were significantly different than Native American and Hispanic attitudes through program management, (b) Blacks' attitudes were significantly different than Native Americans through facility/equipment provision, and (c) black and Hispanic attitudes were significantly different than Native Americans through personal habits/participation. The concept of rehabilitation achievement for the recreation program was rejected by Hispanics and Native Americans while blacks were evenly split in their responses. (Author abstract)