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Prosocial Motivation of Prison Service Officers as an Occupational Group with a Social Mission [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Journal of Social Rehabilitation, 2015
The occupation of the Prison Service officer belongs to the professions of public trust and is associated with the penitentiary social mission. In choosing their career path, officers should identify themselves with the mission of the penitentiary system
Robert Poklek
doaj  

Implementation of novel and conventional outbreak control measures in managing COVID-19 outbreaks in a large UK prison

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background Outbreak control measures during COVID-19 outbreaks in a large UK prison consisted of standard (e.g., self-isolation) and novel measures, including establishment of: (i) reverse cohorting units for accommodating new prison admissions; (ii ...
Paul C. Coleman   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Terrorism and the internet: How dangerous is online radicalization?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
This work is concerned with the extent and magnitude of threat related to online radicalization in the context of terrorist acts and related offending.
Jens F. Binder, Jonathan Kenyon
doaj   +1 more source

Operation and Role of the Operative Body of the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters in the Fight Against Covid-19 Epidemic

open access: yesBelügyi Szemle, 2021
During the coronavirus pandemic the Hungarian Prison Service had to introduce measures that were unknown for the service previously and which had a significant impact on the daily duty of the staff.
János Schmehl
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial risks within prison service [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Health and Social Sciences, 2016
We aimed to identify the psychosocial risks that penitentiary police officers face. To do so, we developed the police stress risk questionnaire–prison (PSrQ–p), a questionnaire for psychosocial risk assessment at workplace, consisting of 22 items that ...
Giuseppe Ferrari
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2021
Prison workers occupy a niche role. Balancing the care and welfare of prisoners while simultaneously restricting their freedoms is a stressful job, laced with danger, that occurs entirely within the bounded context of the prison.
Andrew Fletcher   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homelessness Service Usage Patterns of 30,000 Homeless and At‐Risk Households: The Melbourne Access Point Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
wiley   +1 more source

Burnout in officers of the prison service units. The role of personality and selected professional characteristics

open access: yesMedycyna Pracy, 2017
Background: The researchers involved in the studies of burnout indicate its 3 sources: the structure of the personality, the specificity of interpersonal relationships, and the organizational factors.
Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Youth Assaults of Police Officers in Australia: A Power Threat Meaning Framework Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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