Psychosocial health risks in the work of prison officers – a review of issues Cover Image

Psychospołeczne zagrożenia w pracy funkcjonariuszy Służby Więziennej – przegląd literatury
Psychosocial health risks in the work of prison officers – a review of issues

Author(s): Magdalena Weber-Rajek, Ewa Sygit-Kowalska, Agnieszka Radzimińska, Roman Ossowski
Subject(s): Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Penitentiary service; prison; officers; work; health; stress

Summary/Abstract: Prison officers perform their professional duties under specific conditions. The data in the literature show that this professional group is particularly vulnerable to many mental and physical loads in the workplace. The aim of this article is to draw attention to the stress-inducing work environment prison officers. The issue made at work is important from the point of view of the diagnosis, the risk of developing occupational diseases and the key to health promotion in this occupational group.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 41-52
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish