Inmate Violence and Correctional Staff Burnout: The Role of Sense of Security, Gender, and Job Characteristics

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2020, Pages 173-207

  Isenhardt, Anna ^a   Hostettler, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

burnout; inmate violence; prison; sense of security; staff; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MALE; PRISON; PRISONER; SOCIAL WORK; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SWITZERLAND; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; ADULT; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONS; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 85076712944     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260516681156     Document Type: Article

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