Using a recent sample, we examined the changes in correctional clinicians’ characteristics and job duties since Boothby and Clements’s survey in 2000. This update was warranted as there have been many legal developments and changes in practice affecting the correctional mental health field since that publication. The recent sample had higher proportions of female and master’s-level clinicians (rather than doctoral), and was more racially diverse. As the clinicians from 2000 had hoped, by 2015, there was a small but significant increase in their time spent doing therapy. This change was accompanied by a decrease in the time spent doing research. Despite suggestions from the 2000 sample to increase preemployment training opportunities, there was no meaningful difference in the 2015 sample’s preemployment training. The demographic changes appear to mirror changes in the psychotherapist profession in general. Many of the changes in duties between the two time periods are likely due to increased emphasis on mental health treatment in corrections, thus leading to the hiring of more practice-oriented professionals, with less interest in research. Implications are discussed for benefits to educational institutions and corrections agencies that aim to train and employ psychotherapists.

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不断变化的惩教精神卫生工作者的人口统计数据和职责。

使用最近的样本，我们检查了自 2000 年 Boothby 和 Clements 的调查以来惩教临床医生的特征和工作职责的变化。此更新是有必要的，因为自该出版物以来，已经有许多法律发展和实践变化影响了惩教心理健康领域。最近的样本中女性和硕士级临床医生（而不是博士）的比例更高，并且种族更加多样化。正如 2000 年的临床医生所希望的那样，到 2015 年，他们花在治疗上的时间会有小幅但显着的增加。这一变化伴随着研究时间的减少。尽管 2000 年样本建议增加职前培训机会，但 2015 年样本的职前培训没有显着差异。人口结构的变化似乎反映了一般心理治疗师职业的变化。两个时期之间的许多职责变化可能是由于在惩教中更加强调心理健康治疗，从而导致雇用更多以实践为导向的专业人员，而对研究的兴趣较少。讨论了对旨在培训和雇用心理治疗师的教育机构和矫正机构的好处。