The Influence of Educational Attainment on the Attitudes and Job Performance of Correctional Officers
| Autor: | Linda Simourd, Frank J. Porporino, David Robinson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Rehabilitation
medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Applied psychology Job attitude Prison Professionalization Educational attainment Pathology and Forensic Medicine Job performance medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Job satisfaction 0509 other social sciences Psychology Law 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Career development |
| Zdroj: | Crime & Delinquency. 43:60-77 |
| ISSN: | 1552-387X 0011-1287 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0011128797043001004 |
| Popis: | Some prison managers assume that recruitment of correctional officers with postsecondary educational credentials promotes job satisfaction and offender rehabilitation. This assumption was tested using a sample of 218 officers. Results supported earlier findings that postsecondary education correlates with endorsement of rehabilitation and job dissatisfaction. However, university graduates were not more willing than less-educated officers to engage in offender treatment and there were no apparent effects of education on job performance, job involvement, and career development needs. The findings imply that education alone cannot enhance correctional outcomes and lead to the professionalization of correctional officers. |
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