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2011
Assessing the Social Climate of Australian Prisons
The validation of the Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (EssenCES) is discussed. This instrument is based on the premise that the social climate of a prison can impact the rehabilitation efforts of inmates. Sections of this report include: therapeutic ... Read More
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1993 NIC Publication
GDC Diversity
This document aims to discover the attitudes toward cultural diversity within the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The first exercise is used to determine the employees' perceptions of GDC's awareness of and responses to cultural diversity. A... Read More
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1988 NIC Publication
Cross-Gender Supervision - Denver, CO - August 12-13, 1988 (Draft, participant manual)
Objectives of this pilot course include: identifying administrative, supervisory, line staff and inmate perspectives on cross-gender supervision; identifying potential barriers to increased cross-gender assignments from other custody staff; identifyi... Read More
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1988 NIC Publication
Staff/Inmate Ratios: Why It's So Hard to Get to the Bottom Line
"The purpose of this paper is to explain why it is so difficult to get to the desired 'bottom line' on the issue of staffing ratios....It is meant to raise awareness about the range of decisions involved in defining the unique characteristics of each... Read More
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