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标题：Investigating Threat Perception Among Correctional Officers in the Canadian Provincial Correctional System
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作者：Rosemary Ricciardelli ; Amber Gazso
期刊名称：Qualitative Sociology Review
印刷版ISSN：1733-8077
电子版ISSN：1733-8077
出版年度：2013
卷号：IX
期号：3
出版社：Lodz University
摘要：This paper presents findings regardi ng the perception and experience of threat among correc tional officers in the Canadian provincial correctional system. Men employed in provincial remand centers or correc tions in stitutions in diverse provinces across Canada, who interact daily with prisoners, voluntarily participated in detailed 60- to 180-minute in-depth interviews. Analysis of interview transcripts reveals that violence is prevalent and men either experience or anticipate experiencing physical or verbal victim ization at work. Additionally, officers employ strategies, suc h as a confident and authoritative self-presentation, buildi ng positive relationships with colleagues, and respectful relationships with prisoners, to mitigate this threat. However, we found that threat to safety extended beyond simply those of physical or verbal vic timization to include threat to men's sense of self. Specifically, victimization and violence or their threat shape officer's self-concept over time; the ways officers interact within their prison work environ ment creates a shift in their self that extends beyond the prison walls.
关键词：Prison; Violence; Sense of Self; Corrections Officer; Static Self; Interaction