Staff beliefs about the negotiation of serious prison incidents

Negotiation forms an important part of the response to serious incidents in prison, yet staff attitudes toward negotiation have been subject to very little formal investigation. This article presents the first research into a new scale, the Beliefs About Negotiation Scale. Preliminary investigation...

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Autor principal: Walsh, Jennie L. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Davies, Jason ; Bagshaw, Ruth ; Payne, Elizabeth
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
En: Criminal justice and behavior
Año: 2012, Volumen: 39, Número: 1, Páginas: 59-70
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Crisis negotiation
Critical Incident
Prison
prison officer attitudes
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Sumario:Negotiation forms an important part of the response to serious incidents in prison, yet staff attitudes toward negotiation have been subject to very little formal investigation. This article presents the first research into a new scale, the Beliefs About Negotiation Scale. Preliminary investigation suggests that the scale has promising psychometric properties. With respect to convergent validity, the scale has overlap with the Attitude Towards Prisoners Scale. Divergent validity was demonstrated through the more positive attitudes toward negotiation among negotiators and incident commanders, in comparison to tactical staff and general staff. The implications for these findings are considered.
ISSN:1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854811426105