Stress and the correctional officer [[electronic resource] /] / Kelly Cheeseman Dial

• Autore: Dial Kelly Cheeseman
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.068/3
• Soggetto topico: Correctional personnel - United States; Correctional personnel - Job stress - United States; Job satisfaction; Stress (Psychology)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Dial examines correctional officer stress and job satisfaction.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stress and the correctional officer
• ISBN: 1-59332-655-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785949603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)