Parole Work in Canada

Caseloads, Cultures, and Carceral Spaces

Rosemary Ricciardelli, Mark Norman, Katharina Maier, Micheal Taylor (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

198 Seiten

2024
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
9781538179758 (ISBN)

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This resource advances the scholarship in academic research about the experiences of parole officers' occupational challenges in Canada's federal correctional system, including exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events, and provides evidence-based recommendation for meeting the mental health needs of correctional workers broadly.

Parole officers (POs) support rehabilitation and desistance but face mental health challenges and occupational stressors. Parole Work in Canada provides novel insight into the occupational routines, mental health impacts, and identities of this oft-overlooked group of correctional workers. The authors conducted 150 interviews with POs employed in Canada’s federal correctional system and traverse prison and community spaces in their analyses. They also examined how workplace culture and relationships affect POs’ well-being, provide implications for occupational routines created by COVID-19; interrogate organizational structures, culture, and practice; and unpack how POs understand carceral space, self-presentation, and the tensions between supervising and supporting criminalized people.

Rosemary Ricciardelli is a professor (PhD) in the School of Maritime Studies and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Fisheries and Maritime Institute. Elected to the Royal Society of Canada, her research centers on evolving understandings of gender, vulnerabilities, risk, and experiences and issues within different facets of the criminal justice system. Mark Norman is an assistant professor at St. Francis Xavier University whose research interests lie at the intersections of criminology, sociology, and health studies. Katharina Maier is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Winnipeg. She is interested in examining issues around punishment and penal governance, prisoner reentry and penal supervision, policing, urban poverty and social marginality, and the work of frontline penal actors. Micheal P. Taylor is qualifying for his PhD while researching responsivity and organizational learning in the Ocean and Public Safety Laboratory at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Fisheries and Maritime Institute. He is informed by his provincial practice, from 2016–2022, when he worked as a probation and parole officer.

Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Contextualizing Parole in Canada
Part I: Mental Health and Occupational Well-being
Chapter 2: Mental Health and Well-Being: Unpacking the Impacts of Trauma in Parole Work
Chapter 3: Experiences of Occupational Stress and Burnout
Chapter 4: Parole Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Part II: Organizational Structure
Chapter 5: How Organizational Culture Shapes Parole Work and Well-Being
Chapter 6: Nonverbal Communication and Perceptions of Interorganizational Justice
Chapter 7: Coachability and Parole Workplace Culture
Part III: Carceral Spaces
Chapter 8: Gender, Risk, and Presentation of Self in Institutional Parole Work
Chapter 9: Understanding and Navigating Risk in a Carceral Workspace
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	13.09.2024
Zusatzinfo	2 BW Illustrations, 2 Tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 236 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-13	9781538179758 / 9781538179758
Zustand	Neuware