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Dial Kelly Cheeseman |
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Titolo |
Stress and the correctional officer [[electronic resource] /] / Kelly Cheeseman Dial |
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Collana |
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Criminal justice : recent scholarship |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Correctional personnel - United States |
Correctional personnel - Job stress - United States |
Job satisfaction |
Stress (Psychology) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; List of Tables; CHAPTER 1: A Brief Overview of Corrections and theCorrectional Officer; A Brief History of Correctional Institutions; Court Review and Legal Shaping of Modern Prison; The Institutional Environment; The Building/Facility; The Correctional Officer; CHAPTER 2: The Backbone of Today's CorrectionalInstitution: The Correctional Officer; Job Qualifications; "The Job": Correctional Officer Duty Positions andDaily Work; The Correctional Officer Subculture: Fact or Fiction?; CHAPTER 3: Theories of correctional officer roles,stress and job satisfaction; Introduction to Stress |
Job DangerRole Conflict; Social Support and Stress; Organizational Stressors; Experience, Education, and Stress; Gender and stress; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4: The Results of the Current Study; Preliminary Work and Survey Development; CHAPTER 5: Policy Implications for Policy andFuture Research; Work Stress; Policy Implications; Agency Assessment; The Future of Correctional Employment: Suggestionsfor Future Research; Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Dial examines correctional officer stress and job satisfaction. |
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