CHANGING APPROACHES TO CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 16837
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Dated: (SUMMER 1974) Pages: 173-175
• Author(s): G T KOWITZ; W H GRAVES; G B DRONBERGER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Pergamon Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A STUDY FOUND PHILOSOPHIES AND ATTITUDES TOWARD HUMAN INTERACTIONS CAN BE GENERATED IN NEW EMPLOYEES THROUGH A RELATIVELY BRIEF, INTENSIVE TRAINING PERIOD.

Abstract

A TRAINING COURSE FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AND OTHER NEW EMPLOYEES WAS DESIGNED TO NURTURE POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND FOCUS ON REHABILITATION AS A PRIMARY GOAL AND CUSTODIAL TECHNIQUES AS SECONDARY. ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRES WERE DEVELOPED TO TEST ATTITUDES ON CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRAINING. TRAINEE ATTITUDES WERE COMPARED TO THOSE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO HAD COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. TESTING SHOWED A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FAVORABLE ATTITUDE TOWARD REHABILITATION AFTER TRAINING THAN BEFORE. INTERNS WERE MORE ORIENTED TOWARD REHABILITATION THAN WERE TRAINEES PRIOR TO THE TRAINING, BUT ATTITUDES WERE SIMILAR AT THE COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING.