The Complete Correctional Officer

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Johnson ◽  
Shelley Price

The correctional officer role is examined in relation to the possibilities the role affords for the delivery of human services to inmates with problems and crises of adjustment. Correctional officers who expand their roles to include human service obligations contribute to the development of resilient prison environments—environments that accommodate the shifting needs and concerns of inmates, and support their coping efforts. Human service officers strive to be complete correctional officers, responsive to the challenges posed for them and their wards by the prison. These correctional officers need nurturance and support if they are to survive. This requires organizational backing in the form of policies that foster and reward human service work, and training that provides the requisite skills, perspective, and support.

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-122
Author(s):  
Michelle Shuler

This article describes the concept of intentionality and how it relates to human services education and training. The focus is on how the incorporation of intentionality into human services training curriculum can enhance the knowledge, skill, and competence of trainees. Several examples are given to show how human service educators can integrate activities within a basic helping skills course.


2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (15) ◽  
pp. 1651-1681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie L. Cook ◽  
Jodi Lane

This study examined beliefs among correctional officers about responding to inmate-on-inmate sexual assault in jails. It is unique in its focus as no other published study has examined this topic using these variables in this setting. The authors utilize survey methodology to measure correctional officer perceptions about responding to sexual assaults among inmates. Results indicate that support for responding to instances of sexual assault among inmates differs somewhat by type of response and size of jail facility examined. Multivariate results suggest that while perceptions of inmate credibility are usually relevant, demographic factors matter more for those who work in larger jails, while beliefs about rape myths are somewhat more relevant in smaller jails. Implications for correctional policy and training and avenues for continued research are discussed.


1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard P. Parette ◽  
Judith M. Holt ◽  
Tom E. C. Smith

As human service systems attempt to integrate persons with disabilities, particularly those with challenging behaviors, into the mainstream of society, use of positive behavioral supports must be implemented. Training of persons in the formal and informal support systems must also be reconceptualized in the context of using positive behavioral supports. This paper addresses some current issues related to the use of such supports and training in the delivery of human services.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 395
Author(s):  
Nizar Apriansyah

Banyaknya permasalahan yang ada Lembaga Pemasyarakatan, menjadi sumber pemeberitaan media yangkerap kali mengimformasikan hal-hal yang negatif tentang lembaga pemasyarakatan dan rumah tahanansebagai sarang narkoba. Maka dari itu melalui penelitian ini akan berusaha untuk mendapatkan fakta faktualterkait dengan banyaknya kasus peredaran narkoba di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan dan Rumah TahananNegara. Dengan maksud untuk mencari tahu pola pendidikan yang dapat diterapkan untuk mendidik petugaspemasyarakatan, agar kedepan dapat diambil langkah-langka strategis di Kementerian Hukum dan HakAsasi Manusia untuk mengantisipasi hal – hal tersebut.Metode penelitian dengan mengunakan pendekatankualitatif dan pendekatan kuantitatif. Dari hasil pembahasan menyimpulkan bahwa Pemerintah sudahberusaha meningkatkan kemampuan petugas pemasyarakatan Lembaga Pemasyarakatan dan Rumah Negaradengan cara melakukan interaksi antar pimpinan dan bawahan yang memiliki arti supervisi dan tangungjawab serta kesempatan karier yang jelas. Juga kesejahteraan ekonomi. (seperti Remunerasi dan TunjanganPemasyarakatan dan lain-lain). Inilah salah satu bentuk apresiasi pemerintah dalam membina Petugas agardiharapkan kinerjanya lebih optimal dilapangan. Kemudian hambatan diantaranya; kurangnya tenaga teknispemasyarakaan terutama lulusan Akademi Ilmu Pemasyarakat dan kurangnya tenaga sipir dibandingkandengan jumlah penghuni serta sumber daya manusia tenaga pemasyarakatan yang masih minim karena sistemperekrutan yang tidak didasari oleh kebutuhan kualifikasi personil, keterbatasan sarana perasana pendukung. AbstractProblems in correctional institutions sometimes, become a bad highlight by media such as a drug haunt.This research tries to examine a factual data related to drugs trafficking in correctional institution anddetention centers. It attempts to find out a pattern of education and training that able to be implemented toeducate correctional officers, so that in the future, can be taken steps to anticipate it. It uses quantitative andqualitative approach. Based on discussion, can be concluded that government has already managed to improvecorrectional officers` abilities by doing interaction between leaders and staffs whose supervision meaning andresponsible, have a clear career and promote welfare. (remuneration and correctional allowances). This isone of the government`s appreciation (the Ministry of Law and Human Rights) in developing of them in orderto boost their performance more optimal. But ,some obstacles found in this research such as : the lack ofhuman resources both the alumni of correctional science academy (AKIP) and caretaker/wardens compared toconvicts and inmates because the recruitment process of officers did not base on personnel qualification, andlack of infrastructure and facilities.


Pflege ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 0281-0282
Author(s):  
Johnny Hellgren ◽  
Katharina Näswall ◽  
Magnus Sverke ◽  
Marie Söderfelt
Keyword(s):  

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeheskel Hasenfeld ◽  
Mark A. Chesler

The authors juxtapose autobiographical accounts of their personal and professional lives to examine the interplay of their personas and work in the social sciences. Chesler is an action researcher and change agent who focuses primarily on young people and their parents and on those providing them human services. Hasenfeld is an academic who focuses primarily on relations between clients and human service providers and on the systemic changes needed to improve these relations. They share domain assumptions, particularly a belief in the “good” society based on justice, social equality, and respect for diversity, are committed to improving the life chances of the oppressed and disadvantaged, and believe that empowering the clients of human service agencies is crucial to improving the effectiveness and responsiveness of such organizations.


1978 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Edward Humberger ◽  
Michael Hill ◽  
Robert Moroney ◽  
Valerie Bradley ◽  
Gary Clarke ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1213-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera A. Klinoff ◽  
Vincent B. Van Hasselt ◽  
Ryan A. Black ◽  
Estefania V. Masias ◽  
Judy Couwels

Despite the awareness of occupational stress in first responders, virtually no investigations have focused on correctional officer resilience. The purpose of this study was to (a) identify whether personal strengths (i.e., hope, optimism, social support) are associated with increased resilience, (b) determine the extent to which resilience protects against job burnout, and (c) ascertain whether resilience mediates the negative relationship between personal strengths and reduced burnout. Correctional officers ( N = 300) were randomly selected across five detention facilities. Meditational analyses examined the relationship between personal strengths and burnout, through the construct of resilience. Results revealed hope, optimism, and social support are significantly associated with reduced burnout, and that this relationship is mediated by resilience. These results suggest that personal strengths can reduce burnout in correctional officers by increasing resilience. This is the first study to examine the effects of these positive psychology variables on burnout in a correctional officer population.


2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442110274
Author(s):  
Christa J. Moore ◽  
Patricia Gagné

Much attention has recently been focused on the efficacy of cross-sector collaboration within the field of human services in response to increasing rates of child maltreatment and subsequent foster care entries nationwide. Our research includes 200 hours of participant observation, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 65 professionals broadly involved in the protection of vulnerable children and the support of their parents, and an analysis of 45 case files. It was carried out in a rural region of Kentucky between May 2015 and July 2017. We used established principles of analytic induction to analyze our data. In this study, we explore perceptions of power, authority, inequality, and bureaucratic constraints that emerge during organizational processes of interagency collaboration among multidisciplinary human service organizations situated within the child welfare system. We argue that ethics of care and, subsequently, care work are constrained by power dynamics, primarily embedded in bureaucratically structured human service organizations as well as in policy mandates that embody ethics of justice. We conclude that the tensions between bureaucratic constraints and professional workers’ desire to care for and serve clients often disrupt and undermine organizational missions and policy goals targeting child protection. We indicate the need to examine these structural dynamics at a policy level and provide recommendations with policy implications.


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