Role Conflict Among Correctional Officers in Treatment Oriented Correctional Institutions

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Pogrebin
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Correctional Institutions

The Impact of Job Characteristics on Burnout Among Chinese Correctional Workers

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Jin ◽  
Ivan Y. Sun ◽  
Shanhe Jiang ◽  
Yongchun Wang ◽  
Shufang Wen
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Community Correction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Occupational Burnout ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

Job burnout has long been recognized as a common occupational hazard among correctional workers. Although past studies have investigated the effects of job-related characteristics on correctional staff burnout in Western societies, this line of research has largely been absent from the literature on community corrections in China. Using data collected from 225 community correction workers in a Chinese province, this study assessed the effects of positive and negative job characteristics on occupational burnout. Positive job characteristics included job autonomy, procedural justice, and role clarity. Negative characteristics included role conflict, job stress, and job dangerousness. As expected, role clarity tended to reduce burnout, whereas role conflict, job stress, and job dangerousness were likely to produce greater burnout among Chinese community correction workers. Male correctional officers were also subjected to a higher level of burnout than their female coworkers. Implications for future research and policy were discussed.

Prosecutorial supervision of certain types of criminal procedural activities carried out by employees of the penal system in pre-trial proceedings

2019 ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
Марина Сергеевна Красильникова
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Penal System ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject

Статья посвящена исследованию вопросов прокурорского надзора за деятельностью сотрудников подразделений исправительных учреждений уголовно-исполнительной системы, осуществляющих прием, регистрацию сообщений о преступлениях, их проверку и принятие решения по результатам такой проверки. Установлен круг нормативно-правовых актов, регламентирующих порядок приема, регистрации, проверки и принятия решения по сообщениям о совершенном преступлении. Проанализированы правила, относящиеся к рассматриваемой деятельности прокурора, предмет прокурорского надзора в данной области. Подчеркивается необходимость соблюдения порядка обращения с сообщениями о преступлении со стороны сотрудников исправительных учреждений, а также важность размещения соответствующей информации в общем доступе для осужденных. Подробно рассмотрены этапы деятельности сотрудников уголовно-исполнительной системы, осуществляемой в связи с поступлением сообщения о преступлении, выделены проблемные аспекты, вызывающие сложности на практике, а также являющиеся предметами прокурорских проверок, результатом которых становятся акты прокурорского реагирования. The article is devoted to the study of issues of prosecutorial supervision over the activities of employees of correctional institutions of the penal system, carrying out reception, registration of reports of crimes, their verification and decision-making on the results of such an inspection. The article establishes a range of normative-legal acts regulating the procedure of reception, registration, verification and decision-making on reports of the committed crime. The rules relating to the activities of the Prosecutor, the subject of prosecutorial supervision in this area are analyzed. It emphasizes the need to respect the treatment of reports of crime by correctional officers, as well as the importance of placing relevant information in the public domain for convicts. The stages of the activities of the employees of the penal system carried out in connection with the receipt of a report on a crime are considered in detail, the problematic aspects causing difficulties in practice are highlighted, as well as being the subjects of Prosecutor's inspections, which result in acts of Prosecutor's response.

scholarly journals Adaptation and Validation of a Burnout Inventory in a Survey of the Staff of a Correctional Institution in Bulgaria

Folia Medica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-288
Author(s):  
Stanislava N. Harizanova ◽  
Nonka G. Mateva ◽  
Tanya Ch. Tarnovska
Keyword(s):  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Correctional Institution ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Background: Burnout syndrome is a phenomenon that seems to be studied globally in relation to all types of populations. The staff in the system of correctional institutions in Bulgaria, however, is oddly left out of this tendency. There is no standardized model in Bulgaria that can be used to detect possible susceptibility to professional burnout. The methods available at present only register the irreversible changes that have already set in the functioning of the individual. V. Boyko’s method for burnout assessment allows clinicians to use individual approach to patients and affords easy comparability of results with data from other psychodiagnostic instruments. Adaptation of the assessment instruments to fit the specificities of a study population (linguistic, ethno-cultural, etc.) is obligatory so that the instrument could be correctly used and yield valid results. Validation is one of the most frequently used technique to achieve this. Aim: The aim of the present study was to adapt and validate V. Boyko’s burnout inventory for diagnosing burnout and assessment of the severity of the burnout syndrome in correctional officers. Materials and methods: We conducted a pilot study with 50 officers working in the Plovdiv Regional Correction Facility by test-retest survey performed at an interval of 2 to 4 months. All participants completed the adapted questionnaire translated into Bulgarian voluntarily and anonymously. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS v.17. Results: We found a mild-to-strong statistically significant correlation (P<0.01) across all subscales between the most frequently used questionnaire for assessing the burnout syndrome, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the tool we propose here. The high Cronbach’s α coefficient (α=0.94) and Spearman-Brown coefficient (rsb=0.86), and the low mean between-item correlation (r=0.30) demonstrated the instrument’s good reliability and validity. Conclusion: With the validation herein presented we offer a highly reliable Bulgarian variant of Boyko’s method for burnout assessment and research.

AIDS in Prison: Legal Issues

1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Belbot ◽  
Rolando V. del Carmen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
State Statutes

Both current statutory and case law concerning AIDS in correctional institutions are discussed. The article examines the legal status of mandatory testing, the confidentiality of test results, segregating prisoners with AIDS from the rest of the prison population, adequacy of health care, and inmate assaults on correctional officers. The article emphasizes the fast-developing and changing nature of the law in all of these areas. Because many states have recently passed legislation concerning some of these issues, the authors advise corrections officials to familiarize themselves with their state statutes; the article provides examples of specific statutes. After addressing statutory law, the authors explain the various court cases that have been decided to date.

Occupational Stressors among Federal Correctional Officers Working in Different Security Levels

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
GARETH L. LASKY ◽  
B. CARL GORDON ◽  
DAVID J. SREBALUS
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Prediction Equation ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Occupational Stressors ◽  
Security Levels

This study investigated distress and self-esteem levels of 147 federal correctional officers working in that system's six different security level institutions. The General Severity Index (GSI), a scale of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), was used to measure distress; the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES) operationalized the other dependent variable. In addition, 13 variables were used as part of a multiple regression analysis to determine a prediction equation for the two outcomes studied. Lack of participation in decision making and years of continual employment were significantly related to distress, whereas responsibility for people and role conflict were related to self-esteem. Federal correctional officers across all security levels scored in the “clinical” range on the GSI and yielded high SES scores. Differences among security levels were not significant.

scholarly journals Peran Lembaga Pemasyarakatan dalam Memenuhi Hak Narapidana Perempuan Hamil dan Pasca Melahirkan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 550-554
Author(s):  
Desy Kristiani Rahma Putri ◽  
Anak Agung Sagung Laksmi Dewi ◽  
Ni Made Puspasutari Ujianti
Keyword(s):  
Women Inmates ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Correctional Facility ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Female Prisoners ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Women's Prisons ◽  
Coaching Process ◽  
Postnatal Women

The correctional system is a coaching effort carried out in correctional institutions in Indonesia, the guidance is intended for inmates who commit criminal acts and are sentenced to prison. In the coaching process, the inmates are protected and nurtured by correctional officers and their rights are protected as citizens. The purposes of this study are to reveal the rights of pregnant and postnatal female prisoners in the correctional facility as well as the implementation of granting the rights of pregnant and postnatal women inmates to women's prisons class II A Kerobokan. The research method used is empirical legal research with a sociological juridical approach. The technique of collecting legal materials is obtained directly through respondents or sources. Primary and secondary sources of legal materials were analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques. This study concludes that prisons have an important role in protecting and fulfilling the rights of prisoners themselves, especially pregnant and postpartum women, the protection of these rights is intended so that they receive humane treatment in prisons.

scholarly journals PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP PETUGAS LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN DALAM PELAKSANAAN TUGAS PENGAMANAN PADA LAPAS KLAS IIA PADANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-425
Author(s):  
Ernawati M.H
Keyword(s):  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Correctional Institution ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Security Officers ◽  
Legal Provisions

Legal protection against Correctional Officers in carrying out security duties is based on Law No. 12 of 1995 concerning Correctional Services. Given the risks posed by security duties at Correctional Institutions, the Security Officers need to be given legal protection so that the aims and objectives of implementing security tasks can be achieved. which in turn the correctional goals themselves can be realized. With such a background, there are two main problems in implementing legal protection against correctional officers, namely: First What is the legal protection of Correctional Officers in the implementation of security duties at the Padang Class IIA Correctional Institution? Second What are the Constraints of Constraints encountered in the Implementation of Legal Protection for Correctional Officers in the Implementation of the Duty of Security at the Padang Class IIA Correctional Institution? The implementation of legal protection in terms of answering the existing problems, which is seen in the implementation in Padang Class IIA Lapas can be understood that the legal protection of correctional officers in Lapas Klas IIA Padang is carried out based on legal provisions regarding correctional facilities. In this case Padang Class IIA Lapas provides legal protection to correctional officers in carrying out security duties carried out in accordance with applicable legal rules concerning correctional duties and legal rules regarding security itself. The rule of implementative law regarding correcting about safeguards refers to legal rules regarding correctional codes of ethics and legal rules concerning the security of prisons regulated in Permenkumham Number M.HH-16.KP.05.02 of 2011 concerning the Code of Conduct for Correctional Staff and Permenkumham No. 33 of 2015 concerning Security at Penitentiary Institutions and State Detention Houses. The implementation of legal protection against correctional officers in carrying out security duties is carried out based on these legal rules, so that legal protection for correctional officers can be provided in the event that correctional officers carry out security duties based on applicable legal rules.

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