Warden's Proximity in Relation to Disciplinary Infractions and Attempted Suicides

Smith, Robert R.; Lombardo, Victor S.; Ranson, James T.; Sylvester, R

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“…Suchan (1992) identified suicides through evaluation of the jail suicides reported to a state office of detention facilities. Other studies identified suicides through the use of questionnaires to wardens (Smith, Lombardo, Ranson, & Sylvester, 1996), examination of inmate rule infractions (Bayens, Williams, & Smykla, 1997;Senese, 1997), and information recorded on official records (Fawcett & Marrs, 1973;Lupei, 1981).…”

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County Jail Suicides in a Midwestern State: Moving Beyond the Use of Profiles

Winter

2003

The Prison Journal

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As part of a larger research project that evaluated individual and organizational units of analysis as related to jail suicides and suicide rates, this study addresses the problem of jail suicide and the current utilization of profiles as screening devices. Traditional profiles either overgeneralize to too broad of a population, are too small to offer conclusions beyond a case study, or lack distinction from the general jail population. This study examines inmate characteristics in relation to county jail suicides in a Midwestern state from 1980 through mid-1998. The concepts behind current profile application are refuted and yield to characteristics elicited through comparisons to the general, county-jail inmate populations. These factors distinguish inmates who committed suicide from inmates in the general jail population. The results demonstrate the need for local assessments and more stringent methods when developing screening tools. Implications for jail administrators, policies, and future research are discussed further.

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County Jail Suicides in a Midwestern State: Moving Beyond the Use of Profiles

Winter

2003

The Prison Journal

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“…Such studies have focused on everything from an inmate's level of testosterone to an inmate's quality of life prior to incarceration (Dabbs, Frady, Carr, & Besch, 1987;Dhami et al, 2007). Even issues such as specific locations inside an institution where an inmate is housed have been examined in relation to its impact on disciplinary infractions (Smith, 1996). However, the two most examined and supported issues are importation theory's demographic attributes of inmates and deprivation theory's institutional characteristics.…”

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Disciplinary Infractions Behind Bars

Tewksbury

Connor

Denney

2014

Criminal Justice Review

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Using data from one Midwestern state, this article investigates whether or not characteristics of importation and deprivation serve as predictors of receipt of institutional disciplinary infractions. The results of the logistic regression analyses indicate that both importation and deprivation factors were significant indicators of having received disciplinary infractions. Specifically, among 585 adult male inmates, data reveal that two importation measures and two deprivation measures were significant predictors of receipt of any disciplinary infractions. An inmate's gang membership status and conviction for a sex offense are also found to have been significant indicators of having or not having received at least one serious disciplinary infraction. Policy implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…Insight into promising management practices for prison wardens has been gained in a number of areas including overcrowding (Cox & Rhodes, 1990), prison gangs (Marchese, 2009; Winterdyk & Ruddell, 2010), inmate amenities (Johnson, Bennett, & Flanagan, 1997), physical location of the warden’s office (Smith, Lombardo, Ranson, & Sylvester, 1996), and managerial attitudes (Bennett & Johnson, 2000). Less attention has been paid to the successful functioning of prison wardens insofar as identifying individual or organizational attributes related to positive work experiences and job-related stress (Cullen, Latessa, Kopache, Lombardo, & Burton, 1993; Flanagan, Johnson, & Bennett, 1996).…”

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Transformational Leadership Skills and Correlates of Prison Warden Job Stress

Atkin-Plunk

Armstrong

2013

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Job stress is related to poor job performance, dissatisfaction, and turnover for correctional officers in the workplace. Despite parallel implications for correctional administrators, an extension of the correctional officer job stress literature to prison wardens is virtually absent. Yet the dynamic correctional environment includes many added challenges for prison wardens that could lead to a stressful work experience. Similar to those of officers, coping mechanisms for prison wardens may include peer support, but the extent of a warden’s transformational leadership skills could be related to a more positive work experience. Results indicate that wardens who perceived themselves as having higher levels of transformational leadership capacity also experienced less job stress. Peer support was unrelated to job stress, but employee trust was a robust correlate. In addition, although corrections tenure was unrelated, a wider breadth of corrections experience (holding treatment and custody positions) was related to less stress.

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Warden's Proximity in Relation to Disciplinary Infractions and Attempted Suicides

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County Jail Suicides in a Midwestern State: Moving Beyond the Use of Profiles

County Jail Suicides in a Midwestern State: Moving Beyond the Use of Profiles

Disciplinary Infractions Behind Bars

Transformational Leadership Skills and Correlates of Prison Warden Job Stress

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