Exploring Parole and Probation Staff Perception: Job Satisfaction, Organizational Trust, and Work-Family Conflict

Community corrections staff, primarily those employed by parole and probation departments, are vital to the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders who are released under supervision. Previous research concerned with parole and probation has been centered around the techniques of supervision and offender rehabilitation. Few studies within corrections have provided insight into how parole and probation staff members perceive the organizational and occupational stressors of their workplace; a topic heavily focused upon in studies of traditional correctional settings. Using survey data taken from 199 parole and probation staff members in Nevada, we explore the differences in perceptions between sworn and unsworn (administrative) staff members as they relate to job satisfaction, organizational trust, and work-family conflict. These findings provide partial support for the notion that job type influences the way that employees experience both their organization and their occupation.

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Degree

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Hines, Chelsea

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Leone, Matthew C

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Abboud Holbrook, Mia
• Peoples, Clayton

• Administrative Staff
• Community Corrections
• Job Satisfaction
• Organizational Trust
• Parole and Probation
• Work-Family Conflict

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11714/8537

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarwolf.unr.edu:11714/8537