mental healthwork stressrole conflictrole overloadFew studies have investigated factors that contribute to the mental health of probation and parole officers (PPOs). Addressing the needs of supervisees with serious mental illness (SMI) can create unique challenges for PPOs, which in turn may ...
The role of correctional officers in multidisciplinary mental health care in prisons. Prisons have become the homes of thousands of inmates who have . The stress of incarceration can cause morbidity among these individuals, resulting in more......
OBJECTIVE: The authors measured use of mental health services among young people before and during incarceration. METHODS: Administrative data were used to describe mental health services received by 13,919 youths and young adults (ages 12-24) while incarcerated in Ontario, Canada, correctional center...
As the correctional population continues to increase, probation agencies struggle to adequately supervise offenders with unique needs, including those with mental disorder. Although more than 100 U.S. probation agencies have implemented specialty mental health case-loads, little is known about their pract...
We need legislation that makes it easier for people in Newfoundland and Labrador with major workplace mental health injuries to access workers’ compensation and other supports. And we need it now. 29.1% of correctional officers have PTSD. Lots of Benefits What are the benefits of introducing ...
The issues about basic medical care for prisoners were also discussed at the meeting, aiming to protect their rights to life and health. "The inmates' bodies are imprisoned but their legal interests are not restricted," said Shen Yunfeng, a police officer from Qiaosi Prison in Zhejiang Province...
Long duty hours (DH) impair sleep and negatively affect residents’ health and medical safety. This cross-sectional study investigated the association among residents’ DH, sleep duration, insomnia, sleep impairment, depressive symptoms, and self-reported medical errors among 5579 residents in Japan wh...
Since the 1980s, criminal justice policy in the United States has been profoundly influenced by scholarly research in the field. For example, community policing, a strategy designed to prevent crime and improve citizens’ overall quality of life by assigning officers to permanent neighbourhood patrols...
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Case Western Reserve University mental health researcher Joseph Galanek spent a cumulative nine months in an Oregon maximum-security prison to learn first-hand how the prison manages inmates with mental illness. What he found, through 430 hours of prison observations and interviews, is that ...