The correctional staff burnout literature |
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| Authors: | Eric G Lambert Nancy L Hogan Marie L Griffin Thomas Kelley |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Legal Studies, The University of Mississippi, Odom Hall 202, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677, USA;2. School of Criminal Justice, Ferris State University, 525 Bishop Hall, Big Rapids, MI 49307, USA;3. School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University, 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 600, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA;4. Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, 3255 Faculty Administration Building, Detroit, MI 48202, USA |
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| Abstract: | Correctional staff job burnout is costly to all involved. As such, it has generated a growing body of research. This study reviewed 53 empirical studies of correctional staff burnout and two review articles published between 1981 and 2014. The majority of studies focused on staff working in a variety of institutional positions, fewer studies focused exclusively on the subgroup of correctional officers, and even fewer focused on a different subgroup. The majority of studies also involved staff at US government-run adult prisons. Most but not all studies utilized Maslach’s Burnout Inventory. Research on the antecedents of job burnout among correctional staff is more common than research on the possible consequences or outcomes of job burnout. Interestingly, despite the empirical emphasis on antecedents of burnout, there has been almost no research on effective interventions designed to deal with correctional staff burnout. Based on this narrative review, significant gaps remain in the research on correctional staff burnout. |
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| Keywords: | correctional staff job burnout work environment prison |
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