Predicting Offenders' Institutional Misconduct and Recidivism: The Utility of Behavioral Ratings by Prison Officers [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 Measures of current behavior are rarely incorporated into risk assessment. Therefore, the current study used a behavior rating scale to assess prison officers' observations of inmates prison behavior and examined the contribution of these ratings for ...
Joscha Hausam +3 more
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Drivers for enhancing job performance of prison officers in Slovenia: effects of job attitudes, organizational, and work-related factors [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Maintaining order and safety in a prison environment heavily depends on prison officers, who daily interact with prisoners and are constantly dealing with dangerous situations.
Katrin Podgorski +3 more
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The Relationship between Job Demands and Turnover Intention among Chinese Prison Officers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought enormous challenges to both employees and organizations all over the world. Previous studies have found high turnover rates among prison officers since the outbreak of COVID-19.
Yuze Zeng +5 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with anxiety and depression among Chinese prison officers during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 ObjectiveThis study examined the prevalence of anxiety and depression—along with the potential risk and protective factors—among Chinese prison officers during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.MethodA cross-sectional survey of 1,268 officers from five ...
Yuze Zeng +4 more
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The role of prison officers’ regulation of inmates affect on their exposure to violent behaviours and the development of PTSD symptoms [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2021 Background: Interactions with inmates are a major source of stress for prison officers. Given the conflicting nature of this relationship, violent behaviours towards prison officers are not uncommon, posing a threat to their psychological well-being ...
David Martinez-Iñigo
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Mental health status among prison officers in the process of enforcing the law during COVID-19epidemic: a cross-sectional survey from China [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background A global public health emergency triggered by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic may have are markable psychological impact on the population.
Yang Li +3 more
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Prison officers in Latin America: quality of life, working conditions and main difficulties [PDF]
Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 2023 Although the number of empirical studies on prison inmates in Latin America has increased in recent years, an aspect that still remains little studied is the situation of prison workers.
Cesia Abello +2 more
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Mental health and work absenteeism among Chilean prison officers [PDF]
Revista Española de Sanidad PenitenciariaIntroduction: Prison officers play a crucial role in the precarious prison systems of Latin America, even though their working conditions and the implications of these on their mental health and absenteeism have been scarcely studied.
Guillermo Sanhueza +2 more
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Reflecting the voices of prison officers with respect to their support, supervision, and wellbeing training needs: a reflexive thematic analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthPrisons represent a significant public health concern. The challenging living and working conditions within prisons are widely acknowledged to contribute to elevated rates of ill health among both prisoners and prison officers. Officers hold a vital role
Joanne Forsyth +2 more
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Correlates of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among prison inmates and officers in Ghana: A national multicenter study [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008 Background Prisons are known to be high-risk environments for the spread of bloodborne and sexually transmitted infections. Prison officers are considered to have an intermittent exposure potential to bloodborne infectious diseases on the job, however ...
Asare Isaac +8 more
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