Faculty Publications
Staff Quality And Treatment Effectiveness: An Examination Of The Relationship Between Staff Factors And The Effectiveness Of Correctional Programs
Document Type
Article
Keywords
evidenced-based corrections, staff quality, treatment effectiveness
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Justice Quarterly
Volume
33
Issue
2
First Page
348
Last Page
367
Abstract
Although a growing body of research has focused on identifying the characteristics of effective interventions, relatively little research has looked at the impact that staff factors have on treatment effectiveness. The current research conceptualizes staff quality via three domains: staff characteristics, staff training, and staff supervision. Process and outcome evaluations of 54 community correctional facilities are used to examine the relationship between staff quality and reduced recidivism of program participants. The results suggest that measures of all three domains maintain substantively meaningful relationships with program effectiveness.
Department
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
Original Publication Date
2-23-2016
DOI of published version
10.1080/07418825.2014.924546
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Makarios, Matthew; Lovins, Lori; Latessa, Edward; and Smith, Paula, "Staff Quality And Treatment Effectiveness: An Examination Of The Relationship Between Staff Factors And The Effectiveness Of Correctional Programs" (2016). Faculty Publications. 1113.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/1113
