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Training Schemes for Prison Staff: An Analysis of Some Problems

Training Schemes for Prison Staff: An Analysis of Some Problems AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (Dec., 1972): 5. 4 Training Schemes lor Prison Stall: An Analysis 01 Some Problems By J. E. THOMAS· THE GROWTH of training schemes, in many kinds of organisations,' is one of the most notable features of educational development in the last decade. The several varieties of social and welfare work agencies in particular, have entered with enthusiasm, and no little faith, into this development. Many prison services, throughout the world, are in the process of setting up; revlewtng, consolidating, or occasionally abolishing training schemes, and consequently this is an appropriate time to discuss some of the problems which are generic in the training of prison staff. The starting point for this discussion will be the almost universal experience that the results of training tend to be rather less successful than had been expected. The object of this article is to examine why this is' so. In order that this analysis may be put into some kind of perspective, it might be helpful if my experience of training were described. I worked for seven years in the governor grades of the English· prison service, and during four of those years, was concerned with the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (Dec., 1972): 5. 4 Training Schemes lor Prison Stall: An Analysis 01 Some Problems By J. E. THOMAS· THE GROWTH of training schemes, in many kinds of organisations,' is one of the most notable features of educational development in the last decade. The several varieties of social and welfare work agencies in particular, have entered with enthusiasm, and no little faith, into this development. Many prison services, throughout the world, are in the process of setting up; revlewtng, consolidating, or occasionally abolishing training schemes, and consequently this is an appropriate time to discuss some of the problems which are generic in the training of prison staff. The starting point for this discussion will be the almost universal experience that the results of training tend to be rather less successful than had been expected. The object of this article is to examine why this is' so. In order that this analysis may be put into some kind of perspective, it might be helpful if my experience of training were described. I worked for seven years in the governor grades of the English· prison service, and during four of those years, was concerned with the

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Dec 1, 1972

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