Surveyed American prisoner home furloughs covering the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Bureau of Prisons. Found 50 correctional systems had home furlough policies in 1988, compared to 2 systems in 1967, 25 systems in 1971, 44 systems in 1977, and 47 systems in 1979. (Author/ABL)

Compared actual roles and functions of correctional psychologists to their perceived ideal roles and functions in two surveys, the first with 121 and the followup with 84 psychologists. Found psychologists wanted to spend less time in diagnostics and program administration and more in counseling and psychotherapy. (Author/ABL)

Conducted national surveys (instrument included) of directors (N=52) of correctional institutions to assess progress of two community-based programs, study release and home furlough. The number of participants has remained small despite low "abscondence" rates. Both programs have gone little beyond token levels found in correctional…

Discusses the development of a training needs assessment instrument for mental health professionals working in corrections, along with the results of the assessment. Provides differences between perceived needs for training and self-expressed knowledge of training topics and areas among various professional personnel, and provides recommendations…

Examined the correlation between inmate behavior and the physical location of a warden's office. Responses (N=51) indicate that office location correlated significantly to the number of inmate disciplinary actions. Institutions with outside warden offices reported more inmate discipline and attempted suicide when compared to institutions with…

The report describes the results from a survey of the study-release policies of the 50 State correctional systems, the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The data reported are for the year 1971, and they were collected during 1972. Every correctional agency responded to the survey questionnaire and,…

The authors present three interrelated problems facing correctional administrators in developing healthy employment and career development programs for the adult offender: (a) socioeconomic status of the offender; (b) general failure of typical educational and counseling programs; (c) the criminal label attached to the ex-offender. (Author)

A survey determining how widespread the policy of prisoner furloughs has become and how well the programs which have been implemented are operated was conducted. A questionnaire regarding home furlough policies was distributed to the directors of the departments of corrections of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of…