Can’t Shake the Prison Guard Blues: Examining the Effects of Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, Boundary Violations, and the Mistreatment of Inmates on the Depressive Symptomatology of Correctional Officers

Many correctional officers who work in close proximity with inmates are at a heightened risk of experiencing feelings of psychological distress. We analyzed 501 surveys collected from correctional officers within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to identify characteristics of officers who ar...

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Authors: Worley, Robert M. (Author) ; Lambert, Eric G. (Author) ; Worley, Vidisha Barua (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice review
Year: 2023, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 474-494
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
prison officer
correctional officer-Inmate boundary violations
correctional officer
Depression
life stress