"Making a difference": Interpreting responsivity ambience for parole work.
| Autor: | Taylor MP; Ocean and Public Safety Laboratory, Memorial University of Newfoundland's Fisheries and Marine Institute, 155 Ridge Road, St John's, NL, A1C 5R3, Canada., Ricciardelli R; Ocean and Public Safety Laboratory, Memorial University of Newfoundland's Fisheries and Marine Institute, 155 Ridge Road, St John's, NL, A1C 5R3, Canada., Shively R; Alvis, 2100 Stella Court, Columbus, OH, 43215, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Oct 19; Vol. 10 (20), pp. e39617. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 19 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39617 |
| Abstrakt: | In this article, we draw on qualitative interview data (n = 150) from parole officers (POs) employed in Canada's federal correctional service. Our analysis interprets job satisfaction, accountability, and relational aspects of POs' work, taking a semi-grounded constructivist approach. We discovered correctional workers, such as probation and parole officers, engage in transformational relationships within their workplace environments. However, given economic, social, and political constraints, we question how these change agents actually 'make a difference' in practice. Fidelity to core correctional practices suggests therapeutic alliances are fundamental to intervention. Emergent in our discoveries is how the workplace environment, organizational climate and culture, and penal atmosphere mediate reflexive experiences that inspire motivation, morale, and change. However, our interpretation and situational awareness of parole adds to a lacuna in knowledge about therapeutic relationships in correctional work generally and the responsivity principle specifically for sensemaking about how interventions may sometimes become iatrogenic. We found that POs negotiate their relationships with those under supervision as much as with fellow correctional workers. Responsivity ambience pertains to consolidation and conceptual clarity concerning how corrections, in its public safety mandate, induces in/efficacy. Through discussion, we theorize how securitized settings affect well-being and provide practical insights to converge on the rehabilitative ideal and criminal desistance. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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