Objectives

This study aimed to assess whether the receptivity of prison officers toward academy training differs based on their views of rehabilitation and punitiveness.

Methods

Using the potential outcomes framework, we quasi-experimentally examine the role of newly-hired officers’ (N = 519) rehabilitative and punitive attitudes on post-training self-efficacy in performing the occupational duties of a prison officer. Linear regression models are estimated to examine the effects of the two attitudes on the confidence to perform the job of a prison officer.

Results

Results indicate that officers espousing greater rehabilitative views leave academy training with greater confidence in completing all roles associated with the job, while officers holding stronger punitive views leave with substantially less confidence.

Conclusions

There are substantial differences in what rehabilitative-oriented prison officers get out of academy training versus punitively oriented officers.

中文翻译：

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态度图式和学院培训接受性：监狱官员的准实验研究

目标

本研究旨在评估监狱官员对学院培训的接受程度是否因他们对改造和惩罚的看法而异。

方法

使用潜在结果框架，我们准实验性地研究了新雇用的警官（N  = 519）的康复和惩罚态度对培训后自我效能在履行监狱警官的职业职责时的作用。估计线性回归模型来检查这两种态度对执行监狱官员工作的信心的影响。

结果

结果表明，拥护更多康复观点的警官在完成与工作相关的所有角色方面更有信心离开学院培训，而持有更强惩罚性观点的警官在离开时信心则大大降低。

结论

康复型监狱警官与惩罚型监狱警官在学院培训中获得的收获存在显着差异。