Morash Merry, Kashy Deborah A, Smith Sandi W, Cobbina Jennifer E
1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 May;62(6):1629-1647. doi: 10.1177/0306624X16689832. Epub 2017 Feb 16.
This article reports on a study of the connection of probation and parole agents' communication with relationship supportiveness as perceived by both women offenders and agents. For a sample of offenders and their agents, multilevel modeling was used to control for nonindependence of data for women assigned to the same agent. Consistent with communication theory, a conversational approach was positively related to measures of a supportive relationship, and an authoritarian/ conformity pattern of communication was negatively related to a supportive relationship. For low-risk offenders, attention to client-identified problems was positively related to more supportive relationships. For women with high risk for reoffending, the agents viewed themselves as less supportive if they addressed a high proportion of offender-identified needs. Findings suggest the efficacy of training to promote agents' conversational communication and attention to offender-identified problems. Findings also suggest the need to more fully explore agents' experience in working with very high-risk offenders.
本文报告了一项关于缓刑和假释工作人员与女性罪犯及工作人员所感知的关系支持性之间联系的研究。对于罪犯及其工作人员的样本，采用多层次建模来控制分配给同一名工作人员的女性数据的非独立性。与沟通理论一致，对话方式与支持性关系的测量呈正相关，而专制/顺从的沟通模式与支持性关系呈负相关。对于低风险罪犯，关注客户确定的问题与更具支持性的关系呈正相关。对于再犯风险高的女性，如果工作人员满足了罪犯确定的大部分需求，他们会认为自己的支持性较低。研究结果表明培训在促进工作人员对话式沟通和关注罪犯确定的问题方面的有效性。研究结果还表明需要更全面地探索工作人员与极高风险罪犯合作的经验。
