This study examines whether situational characteristics of incidents involving inmates and correctional staff are related to the occurrence of inmate-on-staff assaults. The analyses compare assaultive and non-assaultive incidents at an all-male, maximum security prison. The results of logistic regression models show that several situational characteristics (time, location, behavior of inmates, and actions taken by staff) differentiate between inmate-on-staff assaults and non-assaultive incidents. The results suggest that inmate-on-staff assaults can be reduced through the use of situational crime prevention, as well as training on signs indicating an assault is likely, the effective use of protective strategies, and de-escalation techniques.

这项研究调查了涉及囚犯和教养人员的事件的情境特征是否与工作人员在职人员的袭击有关。这些分析比较了全男性最高安全监狱中的攻击性事件和非攻击性事件。Logistic回归模型的结果表明，几种情境特征（时间，地点，囚犯的行为以及工作人员采取的行动）区分了在职人员袭击和非袭击事件。结果表明，可以通过使用情节犯罪预防方法以及对表明可能发动袭击的迹象进行培训，有效使用保护策略以及降级技巧，来减少在职人员的袭击。