Essays about: "prison officers"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words prison officers.

  1. 6. Stereotypical male uniforms, an experimental study on leadership and gender.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Amelie Vilson Fritz; [2015]
    Keywords : family flexibility.; social identity threats; group identification gender ; leadership self-efficacy; leadership aspiration; male dominated occupations; uniform; Swedish prison and probation service; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Within the Swedish prison and probation service 80% of the officers on duty (which is a leadership position) are male. Could this inequality have something to do with the stereotypical male authoritarian uniform used in this specific organization? The purpose of this study was to investigate if the uniform used within the Swedish prison and probation service could influence our leadership aspiration, leadership self-efficacy, group identification (gender), social identity threats and/or family flexibility, and if it affects men and women differently. READ MORE

  3. 7. Presentence investigations in Probation Service – Creative Solutions in Bureaucratic Institutions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Kim Lashmar; [2009]
    Keywords : presentence investigation; presentence report; rational-legal authority; probation service; personutredning; bureaucracy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The presentence investigation (personutredning) provides a foundation upon which the courts base their decision in sentence deliberation. It is a task performed mainly by probation officers who work for the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, a public administration authority. READ MORE

  4. 8. Instead of Prison: A study of the Rehabilitation of Offenders in Non-institutional Sanctions, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Agnes Makiya; [2007-06-20T10:29:11Z]
    Keywords : Probation officers; Offenders; Non-institutional sanctions; Rehabilitation;

    Abstract : This study investigated the rehabilitation of offenders in non-institutional sanctions from the perspectives of the probation officers in Sweden. Hereby, the study uses the concept of probation officers as professional social workers. READ MORE