SOCIAL CLIMATES IN PRISON - AN ATTEMPT TO CONCEPTUALIZE AND MEASURE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN TOTAL INSTITUTIONS (FROM COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, 1976 BY JOHN MONAHAN - SEE NCJ-41350)

• NCJ Number: 41356
• Author(s): E A WENK; R H MOOS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Pergamon Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TESTING INSTRUMENT WHICH AIMS AT CONCEPTUALIZING AMD MEASURING SOME ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS TO PROVIDE A TOOL FOR ASSESSING THE SOCIAL CLIMATE OF AN INSTITUTION.

Abstract

THE RESEARCH IS INTENDED TO REDUCE INFRACTIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL RULES, IMPROVE THE INMATE'S NATURAL RESOURCES (EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL COMPETENCE, AND SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS), AND TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM. THIS PAPER INVOLVES OVERVIEWING RELATED STUDIES, DESCRIBING AND REPORTING THE TESTS THAT WERE ADMINISTERED TO BOTH INMATES AND CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL TO APPRAISE THE SOCIAL CLIMATE, AND PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TESTING FOR DETERMINING INSTITUTIONAL SOCIAL CLIMATE.