RT Article
T1 An exploratory examination of the effects of workplace strain on correctional officers
JF Deviant behavior
VO 44
IS 1
SP 75
OP 92
A1 Abeyta, Stephen
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1856418251
AB This study uses data based on a random sample of correctional officers from eight different correctional facilities in the Northeast, to analyze strain, distress, and substance use through the lens of General Strain Theory (GST). This paper specifically seeks to establish correctional officers as a necessary component of mass incarceration research by explaining how their environment can lead to maladaptive behaviors. This is done by elaborating on how the environment of corrections institutions fosters various levels of distress in its employees, thereby leading to detrimental behavioral alterations such as substance use. Results indicate that higher levels of workplace strain either lead to substance use, or facilitate greater substance use, however this relationship is attenuated by occupational distress. This study shows that the very structure of the incarceration institution places workplace strain on employees which indirectly cause detrimental behavior augmentations.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 87-90
K1 General Strain Theory
K1 Drucktheorie
K1 Allgemeiner Vollzugsdienst
K1 Strafvollzug
K1 Klima
K1 Auswirkung
DO 10.1080/01639625.2021.2012093