RT Article
T1 Assessing the therapeutic climate of prisons
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 39
IS 2
SP 156
OP 168
A1 Day, Andrew J.
A2 Casey, Sharon
A2 Vess, Jim
A2 Huisy, Gina
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1886095817
AB 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.
K1 prison social climate
K1 Rehabilitation
K1 therapeutic climate
K1 therapeutic community
K1 therapeutic milieu
DO 10.1177/0093854811430476