MANPOWER AND TRAINING IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• NCJ Number: 2185
• Author(s): J J Galvin; L Karacki
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 88 pages
• Corporate Author: Joint Cmssn on Correctional Manpower and Training
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EVALUATION OF THE USES OF MANPOWER AND TRAINING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES IN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM.

Abstract

BASED ON A STAFF REPORT, THE STUDY DISCUSSES THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM, EMPLOYEES, INSTITUTIONS, CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND THE OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE NEEDS. A PRIMARY AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY SKILLS REQUISITE TO EFFECTIVE WORK IN THE AREA OF CORRECTIONAL CONFINEMENT. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT NEW AND MORE EFFICIENT USES OF EXISTING MANPOWER WOULD BE EVOLVED, THAT POSSIBLE SOURCES OF NEW MANPOWER WOULD BE DISCOVERED AND THAT ROLES OF SPECIALISTS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES COULD BE BETTER ARTICULATED WITH THOSE IN THE SYSTEM. STATISTICAL DATA, TABLES AND FIGURES ARE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY.