BEYOND EXPERIENCE - UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP IN ADULT CORRECTIONS - A REPORT ON THE PROJECT SUMMER WORK STUDY IN ADULT CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 10481
• Author(s): W D OBERHOLTZER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 33 pages
• Corporate Author: Washington Dept of Social and Health Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EVALUATION OF FIELD EXPERIENCES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WORKING AS PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS AND PRISON COUNSELORS IN THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM OF WASHINGTON.

Abstract

TWENTY UNDERGRADUATES AND FOUR ALTERNATES WERE SELECTED FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN WASHINGTON TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FUNDED BY WASHINGTON'S STATE COMMITTEE ON LAW AND JUSTICE. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT WAS A COMMUNITY RESOURCES TRAINING INSTITUTE ON 'DRUGS, CRIME AND REHABILITATION.' A BASIC PURPOSE WAS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS TO THE MANNER IN WHICH CORRECTIONS OFFICERS APPROACH SOCIAL PROBLEMS. EACH STUDENT WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO A PRISON OR PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICE TO WORK UNDER SUPERVISION AS A COUNSELOR FOR SIX WEEKS. THE STUDENTS KEPT CONFIDENTIAL LOGS OF THEIR DAILY EXPERIENCES AND COMPLETED SEVERAL WRITTEN PROJECTS DURING THIS PHASE. THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PROGRAM WAS A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM BY STUDENTS AND SUPERVISORS THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF QUESTIONNAIRES AND DETAILED DISCUSSION. THE REPORT DISCUSSES SOME OF THE STUDENTS' REACTIONS TO THEIR EXPERIENCES, SUCH AS FRUSTRATION OR COMMITMENT TO FUTURE WORK IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS.