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Role Exit in Prison Officers
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-04951-9 (ISBN)
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Writing from their experiences as ex-prison officers now working in academia, the authors draw upon ‘insider’ positionality of their own ex-prison officer narratives, which has shaped and developed their research design. They also employ interview data collected from other ex-prison officers to identify the rewards and challenges of working within a prison environment, with Ebaugh’s (1988) role exit theory serving as a theoretical framework to offer an original approach to understanding the lived experience of prison officers who leave the service. The authors address issues including the impact of austerity, Voluntary Early Departure Scheme (VEDS), the decline in transmission of knowledge to staff (‘jail craft’), high staff turnover, increased violence and the impact of COVID-19 on prison officer retention rates. Barriers towards workplace integration, burnout and the culture of ‘presenteeism’ are prevalent themes alongside difficulties experienced when transitioning back into civilian life. This is balanced with an exposition of what ex-prison officers recall positively about their time in service, such as loyalty, support, solidarity, pride at wearing the uniform and helping prisoners with their custodial lives. The book also makes practical recommendations, including the need for sustainability and retention within the prison officer workforce; to re-establish the role of prison officer as a ‘career’; to lower the age of retirement to match the police/fire service; to place a greater emphasis upon building the morale of staff and a wider recognition of the impact of trauma to support (ex) prison officers.
Giving authentic insights into the role of prison officers, the issues they face and subsequent reasons for leaving the service, this book is ideal reading for students and academics within the fields of criminology, penology, criminal justice, sociology, and criminal and occupational psychology. It will also be of great interest to criminal justice practitioners and organisations such as Unlocked Graduates, the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prison Reform Trust.
Sarah Nixon is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Winchester, UK. Her research interests include desistance and peer support programmes within prison and community settings, the impact of desistance education on the working practices of prison officers, and autoethnographic research around being a gay female prison officer and experiences with suicide/self-harm and trauma. Sarah previously worked as a prison officer for six years at a category ‘B’ adult male prison in England and is a member of the Prison Research Network and the Pracademic Network in conjunction with De Montfort University. Darren Woodward is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Arden University, UK. His research explores desistance from crime, prisons and the experiences of people involved in criminal justice. Before entering teaching and academia, Darren spent 17 years as a prison officer, working at two large prisons in England in various capacities, including landing officer, offender supervisor, and offending behaviour facilitator. Darren is also a member of the Pracademic Network in conjunction with De Montfort University.
1. Introduction - Returning to Civvy Street: Role exit in prison officers 2. Prison Officers and Penal Environments 3. Methodology 4. Theoretical framework 5. Positive aspects of working as a prison officer 6. Doubt/Burnout/Frustration Within the Role of Prison Officer 7. ‘Searching for Alternatives’ Away from the Prison Service 8. Departure from the Prison Service HMPPS 9. New Role/Identity Post-Prison Officer: “Returning to Civvy Street” 10. Conclusion and Recommendations
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.12.2024 |
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Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
ISBN-10 | 1-032-04951-0 / 1032049510 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-04951-9 / 9781032049519 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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