Effects of Retraining Interventions on Individuals Confined in Navy CorrectionalFacilities

摘要

This report presents an analysis of the effects of retraining interventions onindividuals confined in the Navy's brigs and correctional custody units. Data were collected from prisoners and awardees confined between October 1989 and October 1991, using self-reports of behavioral change, indirect measures of personality dimensions, and ratings by corrections staff members. Confinees showed significant increases in self-esteem and feelings of safety, decreases in anomia, and achieved a more internal locus of control over their period of confinement. Feelings of belonging were found to modify change in scores on scales measuring personality dimensions. Staff ratings of the performance of prisoners and awardees were positively correlated with self-reports of behavioral and attitudinal change. Participants in selected programs reported more behavioral change than nonparticipants. Corrections, Program evaluation methodology, Retraining interventions.