RT Article
T1 Procedurally just organizational climates improve relations between corrections officers and incarcerated individuals
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 27
IS 5
SP 456
OP 475
A1 Peterman Evans, Danieli
A2 Richeson, Jennifer A. 1972-
A2 Casey, B. J. 1960-
A2 Meares, Tracey L.
A2 Baskin-Sommers, Arielle
A2 O’Brien, Thomas
A2 Rubien-Thomas, Estée
A2 Tyler, Tom R. 1950-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767084056
AB Correctional officers’ attitudes about the treatment of inmates can affect an inmate’s experience within a correctional institution. Previous research, largely outside correctional settings, suggested that individual (e.g. personality traits; racial bias) and organizational (e.g. procedural justice; training) factors related to attitudes regarding inmates. However, research involving correctional officers has been limited. In a sample of correctional officers (N = 89), we collected self-report measures of punishment-oriented attitudes, individual (personality traits, racial bias), and organizational (procedural justice in the work environment) factors. Agreeableness, a personality trait, and procedural justice in the work environment were significantly negatively associated with punishment-oriented attitudes, whereas racial bias was significantly positively associated with these attitudes. Furthermore, correctional officers who worked on a new rehabilitation-focused unit had higher perceptions of procedural justice in their work environment, and this was associated with more positive attitudes toward inmates. The present study provided preliminary evidence that both individual and organizational factors were important to consider within a correctional setting, but that instituting a procedurally just culture in the prison could promote more humane attitudes toward those currently incarcerated.
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Correctional Environment
K1 Correctional Officers
K1 Personality
K1 Prison
K1 Racial Bias
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2020.1818238