A perceptual analysis of the social climate within the Texas Department of Corrections

Purpose: The objectives of the Social Climate study were to: (1) survey a selected sample of inmates and custodial officers of the Texas Department of Corrections with the Social Climate Scale, Form B, Revised (Moos, 1968), which assesses the social climate by measuring twelve dimensions of environmental press; (2) analyze both sample responses to determine the perceptual social climate on each prison unit; (3) determine whether there were significant variations in the responses for each social climate subscale as recorded by the inmate and the officer samples on the same unit; (4) determine the overall social climate and its significance in the Texas Department of Corrections.