Assessing the therapeutic climate of prisons

This study examined perceptions of the prison social climate in two Australian prisons from the perspective of both prison staff and prisoners. Ratings of social climate were compared between a specialist treatment prison that provides intensive rehabilitation programs to violent, sexual, and substa...

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Autor principal: Day, Andrew J. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Casey, Sharon ; Vess, Jim ; Huisy, Gina
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
En: Criminal justice and behavior
Año: 2012, Volumen: 39, Número: 2, Páginas: 156-168
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
prison social climate
Rehabilitation
therapeutic climate
therapeutic community
therapeutic milieu
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Sumario:This study examined perceptions of the prison social climate in two Australian prisons from the perspective of both prison staff and prisoners. Ratings of social climate were compared between a specialist treatment prison that provides intensive rehabilitation programs to violent, sexual, and substance-using offenders and a mainstream prison that does not specialize in offender rehabilitation. The results suggested that staff and prisoners at the specialist treatment prison rated the social climate as more conducive to rehabilitation, although the differences were less pronounced for prisoners. These findings are discussed in relation to the development of specialist therapeutic prisons and how assessments of social climate might inform assessments of their success.
ISSN:1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854811430476