Indigenous Correctional Paraprofessionals: "Bourgeois Nigger or Empathetic Worker?" - A Brief Position Paper

Authors

Robert J. Wicks, Cherry Hill Medical Center

Abstract

Employment of paraprofessionals in correctional settings is no longer considered to be a controversial experiment. Their involvement in institutional and community-based programs is expected today. To utilize only professionals such as social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and penologists is considered to be an outdated waste of available personnel. A number of recent, comprehensive reports have borne this out (Gartner, 1971; Sobey, 1970; Arnhoff & Rubenstein, 1969; Grosser, Henry & Kelly, 1969).

Recommended Citation

Wicks, Robert J. (1976) "Indigenous Correctional Paraprofessionals: "Bourgeois Nigger or Empathetic Worker?" - A Brief Position Paper," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 3: Iss. 6, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1159
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol3/iss6/7