Race Relations Training with Correctional Officers

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The Personnel and Guidance JournalVolume 54, Issue 6 p. 302-306 Race Relations Training with Correctional Officers Joe Wittmer, Joe Wittmer Professor and Chairman Joe Wittmer: (center) is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Counselor Education at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Reared for sixteen years in the horse-and-buggy. Old Order Amish faith in Indiana, he has long been interested in American minorities and was actively involved in the 1972 Supreme Court case that exempted the Old Order Amish children from compulsory education. He first became interested in improving race relations in 1965. while he was working in the National Teacher Corps Program in Gary. Indiana. He has published extensively in the area of culture and personality and has co-authored two books on counseling.Search for more papers by this authorJames E. Lanier, James E. Lanier counselor James E. Lanier: (right) is a counselor with the Alachua County (Gainesville) School Board. He has just received his PhD from the Counselor Education Department at the University of Florida; his dissertation examined the effects of race on the process of referring children to programs for the mentally retarded. He has worked as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, a school counselor, and a youth counselor. Also, he has worked extensively in counseling both adult and youth offenders. He hopes to become involved in doing research toward the development of a counseling theory that applies specifically to minority people.Search for more papers by this authorMax Parker, Max Parker Counseling Psychologist Max Parker: (left). Counseling Psychologist in the Counseling Center at the University of Florida. grew up in a small, rural, southern Alabama farming community. His early negative experiences with white farm workers and farm owners made him sensitive to the need for improved race relations. His doctoral dissertation involved a study of the effects of a race relations communication program with Black and white fraternity pledges. His vocational aspirations are to develop materials to improve vocational counseling for Black students and to develop methods for bringing about better race relations at all levels in American society.Search for more papers by this author Joe Wittmer, Joe Wittmer Professor and Chairman Joe Wittmer: (center) is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Counselor Education at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Reared for sixteen years in the horse-and-buggy. Old Order Amish faith in Indiana, he has long been interested in American minorities and was actively involved in the 1972 Supreme Court case that exempted the Old Order Amish children from compulsory education. He first became interested in improving race relations in 1965. while he was working in the National Teacher Corps Program in Gary. Indiana. He has published extensively in the area of culture and personality and has co-authored two books on counseling.Search for more papers by this authorJames E. Lanier, James E. Lanier counselor James E. Lanier: (right) is a counselor with the Alachua County (Gainesville) School Board. He has just received his PhD from the Counselor Education Department at the University of Florida; his dissertation examined the effects of race on the process of referring children to programs for the mentally retarded. He has worked as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, a school counselor, and a youth counselor. Also, he has worked extensively in counseling both adult and youth offenders. He hopes to become involved in doing research toward the development of a counseling theory that applies specifically to minority people.Search for more papers by this authorMax Parker, Max Parker Counseling Psychologist Max Parker: (left). Counseling Psychologist in the Counseling Center at the University of Florida. grew up in a small, rural, southern Alabama farming community. His early negative experiences with white farm workers and farm owners made him sensitive to the need for improved race relations. His doctoral dissertation involved a study of the effects of a race relations communication program with Black and white fraternity pledges. His vocational aspirations are to develop materials to improve vocational counseling for Black students and to develop methods for bringing about better race relations at all levels in American society.Search for more papers by this author First published: February 1976 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-4918.1976.tb03815.xCitations: 1 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume54, Issue6February 1976Pages 302-306 RelatedInformation