An Exploration of Correctional Counselor Workloads in a Midwestern State

Time studies have been conducted across a variety of occupations. However, no known research has examined the workload of correctional counselors. In this study, the Iowa Department of Corrections, in partnership with the American Probation and Parole Association, performed a workload evaluation of over 100 correctional counselors who participated in a time study. The most common activities concerned inmate requests, classification, assessment, release planning, treatment group work, and administrative tasks. Most concerning, respondents indicated anywhere from 20% to 50% of the activities engaged in were unsatisfactorily completed.

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10. Supervision in Probation and Parole: Group Work and Community Organization

Practice and Theory of Probation and Parole ◽

10.7312/dres92430-011 ◽

1969 ◽

pp. 181-200

Keyword(s):

Group Work ◽

Community Organization ◽

Probation And Parole

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Group Work as a Method of Promoting Cohesiveness within a Women's Gymnastics Team

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1991.73.1.307 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 73 (1) ◽

pp. 307-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bud A. McClure ◽

Constance D. Foster

Keyword(s):

Treatment Group ◽

Group Work ◽

Personal Growth ◽

Treated Group ◽

Analysis Of Covariance ◽

Control Group ◽

Team Climate ◽

Group Cohesiveness ◽

Binomial Expansion ◽

Group Environment

This study examined the effects of membership in a personal growth group on group cohesiveness within a women's gymnastics team. 15 gymnasts were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. The treatment group ( n = 8) met weekly for 15 1-hr. sessions while the control group ( n = 7) received additional practice. Prior to the start of the season (and again at the conclusion) subjects were administered the Group Environment Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Sport Cohesive Instrument, and the Team Climate Questionnaire. Analysis of covariance and binomial expansion showed a significant increase in cohesiveness within the treated group.

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Position Statement on Probation and Parole Agents for the Department of Corrections, State of Minnesota

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e452852008-070 ◽

2013 ◽

Keyword(s):

Position Statement ◽

Probation And Parole ◽

Department Of Corrections

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A Newspaper’s Effect on the Strength of Automatic Associations in Memory

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000057 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Florian Arendt

Keyword(s):

Treatment Group ◽

Term Effect ◽

Control Group ◽

Implicit Measure ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Treatment ◽

Short Term Effect ◽

Automatic Associations ◽

Foreign Nationality ◽

The Impact

A test was done to see if reading a newspaper which consistently overrepresents foreigners as criminals strengthens the automatic association between foreign country and criminal in memory (i.e., implicit cultivation). Further, an investigation was done to find out if reading articles from the same newspaper produces a short-term effect on the same measure and if (1) emotionalization of the newspaper texts, (2) emotional reactions of the reader (indicated by arousal), and (3) attributed text credibility moderate the short-term treatment effect. Eighty-five participants were assigned to one of three experimental conditions. Participants in the control group received short factual crime texts, where the nationality of the offender was not mentioned. Participants in the factual treatment group received the same texts, but the foreign nationality was mentioned. Participants in the emotionalized treatment group received emotionalized articles (i.e., texts which are high in vividness and frequency) covering the same crimes, with the foreign nationality mentioned. Supporting empirical evidence for implicit cultivation and a short-term effect was found. However, only emotionalized articles produced a short-term effect on the strength of the automatic association, indicating that newspaper texts must have a minimum of stimulus intensity to overcome an effect threshold. There were no moderating effects of arousal or credibility pertaining to the impact on the implicit measure. However, credibility moderated the short-term effect on a first-order judgment (i.e., estimated frequency of foreigners of all criminals). This indicates that a newspaper’s effect on the strength of automatic associations is relatively independent from processes of propositional reasoning.

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