Satisfied in the jail? Exploring the predictors of job satisfaction among jail officers

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-63

  Castle, Tammy L ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional officers; Jails; Job satisfaction; Job stress; Prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649137890     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016808315586     Document Type: Article

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