NCJ Number
39087
Date Published
1977
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAINING FILM EXPLORES CERTAIN COMMON BEHAVIORS WHICH WHEN PRESENT TO AN EXCESSIVE DEGREE SIGNAL THAT AN INMATE MAY BE PROGRESSING TOWARD A SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE.
Abstract
THE BEHAVIORS HIGHLIGHTED INCLUDE PRAYER, TALKING TO ONESELF, PARANOIA, NERVOUSNESS, DEPRESSION, MEMORY LOSS, LYING, AND OVER EXAGGERATION OF PHYSICAL PROBLEMS. NEW AND EXPERIENCED OFFICERS ARE ALSO SHOWN WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT AS NORMAL OR COMMON INMATE BEHAVIOR AND ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP INSIGHT INTO AND EMPATHY FOR INMATE PROBLEMS. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON RECOGNIZING ABNORMAL BEHAVIORS, ON REPORTING WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN, AND ON HELPING THE INMATE TO GET BACK ON BALANCE.