Pre-service correctional officers: What do they think about treatment?

Paboojian, Aliene; Teske, Raymond H. C.

doi:10.1016/s0047-2352(97)00025-1

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“…In general, prior findings indicated that racial minorities working in the field of corrections were more inclined toward rehabilitation (Cullen et al 1989;Maahs and Pratt 2001), whereas their White counterparts exhibited more negative views toward inmate treatment programming (Paboojian and Teske 1997;Whitehead and Lindquist 1989). Findings have been equally conclusive related to gender, as females more frequently reported interest in human services work and dissatisfaction with punitive practices (Gordon 1999;Hemmens and Stohr 2000;Stohr et al 2000).…”

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The Effects of Tenure on Staff Apathy and Treatment Orientation: A Comparison of Respondent Characteristics and Environmental Factors

Antonio

Young

2011

Am J Crim Just

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Because inmate rehabilitation efforts are influenced by prison staff, Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections recently began collecting survey data from corrections staff about their attitudes and beliefs for treatment programming. The present analysis focused on staff tenure, or length of time employed in a corrections field, and its effects on support for inmate rehabilitation. Overall, findings from bivariate analyses clearly showed that staff with 16 years or more of service expressed less apathy and demonstrated a treatment orientation perspective toward inmate rehabilitation. Findings from multivariate analyses showed that respondent characteristics including tenure and job category were stronger predictors of staff apathy and a treatment orientation perspective than were environmental factors associated with the prisons. Policy implications will be discussed.

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The Effects of Tenure on Staff Apathy and Treatment Orientation: A Comparison of Respondent Characteristics and Environmental Factors

Antonio

Young

2011

Am J Crim Just

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“…Limited evidence suggests that positive attitudes regarding correctional treatment can protect the occupational health of correctional employees (Cullen, Latessa, Burton, & Lombardo, 1993;Cullen, Lutze, Link, & Wolf, 1989;Paboojian & Teske, 1997). The purpose of the present study was to further assess whether or not the occupational health of correctional employees differs as a function of their attitude towards treatments for inmate rehabilitation and society reinsertion.…”

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Belief in rehabilitation and social reinsertion of prisoners is positive factor for occupational health of correctional employees

Clemente

Reig-Botella

Coloma³

2015

R Est Inv Psico y Educ

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Published works demonstrate that faith in the possibility of inmate rehabilitation and social reinsertion is a positive factor for the occupational health of correctional employees, by preventing burnout syndrome. The present study investigates the effects of attitude regarding inmate rehabilitation and social reinsertion on the psychosocial health of correctional employees. 536 correctional employees from Peruvian prisons participated in the study. We collected personal information and work descriptions and assessed the employees for burnout syndrome, work satisfaction, problems conciliating work and family life, role conflict, and role ambiguity. We found that correctional employees who believed that inmate rehabilitation and social reinsertion was possible had better occupational health: increased job satisfaction, lower burnout, and greater conciliation between work and family life. However, these employees also experienced greater role ambiguity and role conflict, which decreases psychosocial health. The three variables that predicted a positive attitude towards inmate rehabilitation and reinsertion were job satisfaction, negative work-family interaction, and role ambiguity. Need for programs that clearly define the tasks of correctional workers in order to prevent role ambiguity are discussed.

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“…Farkas (1999) reported that female jail officers were more likely to hold a punitive orientation in comparison to male officers. Likewise, age and tenure have generally not been observed to be associated with views toward inmates (Burton et al 1991;Crouch and Alpert 1982;Cullen et al 1989;Gordon 1999;Leiber 2000;Leiber and Woodrick 1997;Robinson et al 1993), but not always (Farkas 1999;Jurik 1985;Paboojian and Teske 1997).…”

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“…and attitudes toward inmates. Some studies reported that race was linked to views of inmates, with Nonhite staff being more supportive of treatment than White employees (Cullen et al 1989;Jurik 1985;Paboojian and Teske 1997;Van Voorhis et al 1991;Whitehead and Lindquist 1989). Conversely, Crouch and Alpert (1982), Farkas (1999), Jacobs and Kraft (1978), and Klofas (1986) all reported that race had no relationship with punishment among correctional officers.…”

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“…Research has been able to explain only a small amount of the variance in views of punishment and treatment among correctional staff by including the work environment as antecedent (Cullen et al 1989;Farkas 1999;Jurik 1985;Paboojian and Teske 1997;Whitehead and Lindqusit 1989). It could be that these views are formed early in life before a person seeks employment in the field of corrections (Whitehead and Lindqusit 1989).…”

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The Impact of Punishment and Rehabilitation Views on Organizational Commitment Among Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study

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It has been long recognized that organizational commitment is an important component of effective organizations. It has, however, received relatively little attention in the correctional literature. Furthermore, much of the research to date on correctional orientation has focused on examining how various forces affect the punishment and rehabilitation views of correctional employees, but ignored how these views affect employees' organizational commitment. Using a data set collected from 272 staff members at a Midwestern, high security state prison, this study examined the impact of punishment and rehabilitation views on organizational commitment. It was found that support for rehabilitation was associated with higher levels of organizational commitment while support for punishment was related with lower levels of organizational commitment.

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Pre-service correctional officers: What do they think about treatment?

Cited by 34 publications

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The Effects of Tenure on Staff Apathy and Treatment Orientation: A Comparison of Respondent Characteristics and Environmental Factors

The Effects of Tenure on Staff Apathy and Treatment Orientation: A Comparison of Respondent Characteristics and Environmental Factors

Belief in rehabilitation and social reinsertion of prisoners is positive factor for occupational health of correctional employees

The Impact of Punishment and Rehabilitation Views on Organizational Commitment Among Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study

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