STAFF PERCEPTIONS OF INMATE CHARACTERISTICS IMPLICATIONS FOR CORRECTIONAL PROGRESS

• NCJ Number: 2446
• Author(s): S ADAMS
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STAFF MEMBERS' CONCEPTIONS OF INMATES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE PRISON COMMUNITY.

Abstract

CONFLICTS BETWEEN CUSTODIAL AND TREATMENT STAFF OVER OBJECTIVES TO MODIFY DEVIANT INMATE BEHAVIOR ARE DISCUSSED AS ARE INMATE CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIORS AS THEY ACTUALLY ARE AND AS THEY SHOULD BE. OFFICERS AND TREATMENT STAFF IN A CUSTODIAL INSTITUTION ARE CONSIDERED TO DIFFER MORE IN THEIR CONCEPTIONS OF PRISONERS THAN THE STAFF IN A REHABILITATIVE INSTITUTION, WHEREAS INMATES PERCEIVE THE NORMS OF CUSTODIAL AND TREATMENT STAFF TO BE IDENTICAL. BIBLIOGRAPHY.