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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Correctional Officer"”.
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Youth correctional officer orientation and opinions on relationships with youth
… personal perspectives of current and past youth correctional officers within secure and open custody facilities in Ontario. A multi-methods design was used to examine officers’ orientation to their work, how they view their interactions with youth and their opinions on relationships with youth in …
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Changing the Guards: Expanding Cultural Diversity Training in Correctional Officer Basic Training
… of cultural diversity training in state basic correctional officer training programs. In recent years, the demographics of the U.S. prison population has become much more culturally diverse. This shift is noted by recent academic literature from scholars who have experience working in …
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Locked Up: Parallel Correctional Officer, Deputy, and Inmate Decision-Making Experiences in County Jails
… of decision-making processes on inmates and correctional officers and deputies in the California criminal justice system. An exploratory 2014 pilot study at three California county jails found correctional officers and inmates faced similar challenges related to decision-making as a result of …
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A Study of Modernized Personnel Training in Corrections: An Assessment of the Correctional Officer Pre-Service Training in Texas
… describes the ideal components of a modernized correctional officer pre-service training program obtained from the literature. Second, it assesses the correctional officer pre-service training program at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice using the ideal components. Third, it provides …
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Examining Correctional Leadership Styles That Encourage Cooperative Compliance From Federal Offenders
… federal prisons walls and within contracted correctional centers. The federal inmate population has also grown in diversity, and training offered by the Bureau of Prisons to its employees has not transformed in a manner that addresses the rise in offender diversity. Officers are left to …
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Turnkey
… mainstream novel set in the present day about a correctional officer who tries to balance his life working in prisons with his home life. The protagonist, Teague, struggles to maintain his humanity while engulfed in a very inhumane and dehumanizing environment. He searches for answers in similar …
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Shift Rotation Among Correctional Officers as a Source of Perceived Job Related Stress
… for this study is that shift rotation among correctional officers has an effect on correctional officer stress. Although there are many definitions of stress, for the purpose of this study stress is defined as conscious nervous tension. Many authors believe that stress develops from a …
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Occupational stress: a comparison of male and female correctional officers
For a long time, the occupation of prison correctional officer in all-male prison facilities has been held by males due to the prevailing belief that females cannot handle the stress involved with such a position. It was only recently that females were considered for line positions (direct …
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The Assessment of Burnout and Resilience in Correctional Officers
Correctional Officers are responsible for responding to emergency/crisis situations in correctional settings. Research shows that their work is characterized by numerous psychological stressors that vary by degree and intensity, which can lead to compromised job performance and, ultimately, job …
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"Frontline in Mental Healthcare": A Discourse Analytic Clinical Ethnography of Crisis Intervention Team Trainings for Corrections
… is discussed, it is often diverted to focus on correctional officer trauma and hardship.</p> <p>This study is a critical contribution to the national conversation on mental health focused prison reform, providing ethnographic data on CIT trainings and their reception by participants that …
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Staff Turnover in Juvenile Corrections: Predicting Intentions to Leave
… quality staff members is crucial in juvenile correctional facilities. Unfortunately, staff turnover is much more common in correctional agencies than other areas of government work. Although several studies have looked at rates and predictors of employee turnover in adult correctional …