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A study by the Federal Bur. of Prisons to determine if there was an r between practical judgment tests and success in adapting to correctional work. 150 new appointees were studied. The written practical judgment test was correlated with the results of ratings by supervisory personnel: (1) rank order of successful job performance, (2) job performance rating involving a score of 100 and including every area of work, (3) rating on a written exam covering the material in a textbook on corrections, (4) a basic training score deried from ratings of 30 different instructors. 'It was the judgment of (experts on tests and statistics) that a correlation of nearly 80% was reflected.' The new employee offers. an opportunity for effective training. It is during his first weeks of on-the-job-training, that he can be motivated toward becoming a constructive employee. Here he can come to see his role in the total operation of a large endeavor; emphasis here should be on the development of a skill for working with others which produces a professionalization rather than on an authoritarian atmosphere. H. M. Trice.

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct in women's prisons, focusing on the: (1) applicable laws, policies, and procedures for addressing such misconduct; and (2) number, nature, and outcome of allegations that have been made in recent years."

Through questionnaires and phone interviews, the current study provides a preliminary look at the strategies employed by women correction officers (COs) when responding to volatile situations with male inmates. Results suggest most incidents do not elicit significant gender differences in aggression. Where differences exist, they are in the opposite direction than is commonly assumed—that is, women COs tend to be more aggressive than the men. The study concludes that occupational socialization and the demands of the job account for the similarities between genders and the differences result from the gender-specific barriers confronting women officers, and calls for further research.

"This highly accessible volume tours the competencies and challenges relating to contemporary mental health service delivery in correctional settings. Balancing the general and specific knowledge needed for conducting effective therapy in jails and prisons, leading experts present eclectic theoretical models, current statistics, diagnostic information, and frontline wisdom. Evidence-based practices are detailed for mental health assessment, treatment, and management of inmates, including specialized populations (women, youth) and offenders with specific pathologies (sexual offenders, psychopaths). And readers are reminded that correctional psychology is in an evolutionary state, adapting to the diverse needs of populations and practitioners in the context of reducing further offending. Included in the coverage: Assessing and treating offenders with mental illness; Substance use disorders in correctional populations; Assessing and treating offenders with intellectual disabilities; Assessing and treating those who have committed sexual offenses; Self-harm/suicidality in corrections; Correctional staff: The issue of job stress. The Practice of Correctional Psychology will be of major interest to psychologists, social workers, and master's level clinicians and students who work in correctional institutions and settings with offenders on parole or probation, as well as other professionals within the correctional system who work directly with offenders, such as probation officers, parole officers, program officers, and corrections officers."--

In the article he discusses the importance to the personnel profession of the management of working women with reference to the position of women at work in Britain today, how gender inequalities arose, and how the position needs to change through this decade. The issue of child care is addressed, and women's stress, coping and health reviewed.