1st Edition
Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Officers
1. Introduction
Hayden P. Smith
2. Exploring organizational risk factors for health & wellness problems in correctional officers
Logan Lavender and Natalie Todak
3. Stress doesn’t kill us, it’s our reaction: exploring the relationship between coping mechanisms and correctional officer PTSD
Katie Hughes Taylor and Kristin Swartz
4. Clarifying the role of officer coping on turnover in corrections
Jessie Harney and Amy E. Lerman
5. Barriers to help-seeking among correction officers: examining the influence of institutional culture and structure
Candence Wills, et al.
6. Job demands, organizational justice, and emotional exhaustion in prison officers
Andrew James Clements and Gail Kinman
7. AMStrength program in Canadian federal correctional services: correctional officers’ views and interpretations
Rosemary Ricciardelli, et al.
8. A comparative perspective on officer wellness: American reflections from Norwegian prisonsVeronica L. Horowitz, et al.
Biography
Hayden P. Smith is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina. His principal focus of study is the intersection of the criminal justice and public health systems. This includes self-injurious and suicide behaviors in incarcerated populations, the physical and mental health needs of incarcerated populations, best practices for inmate reentry and reintegration, jail diversion, and supporting safety, wellbeing, and resiliency in correctional staff. Dr. Smith has expertise in program evaluation and policy analysis, and he has worked with numerous correctional and health systems. Dr. Smith’s previous publications have appeared in Justice Quarterly, Crime & Delinquency, and Criminal Justice & Behavior.
