Title

The Effects Of Occupational Stressors On Jail Staff Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Jails, with their unique and ever-changing mix of inmates, play a critical role in the criminal justice system. Nevertheless, despite their uniqueness, jail staff are chronically understudied relative to police and prison staff. This study seeks to fill a gap in the literature related to jail studies by surveying staff at a large county jail system in Florida in order to determine the effects of work stressors and demographic characteristics on job satisfaction. Role ambiguity was the most significant antecedent of job satisfaction, followed by dangerousness, incentive programs, age, pay perceptions, and race. Similar results were found when a subsection of custody officers was analyzed; however, satisfaction with mandatory overtime requirements became significant, while incentive programs, age, and dangerousness failed to reach statistical significance. © 2004, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volume

27

Issue

1

Number of Pages

1-32

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2004.9721627

Socpus ID

84998126132 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84998126132

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