Stress in Probation Officers Enforcing Judgements in Criminal and Juvenile Cases



Abstract

It turned out that women and men practicing the profession of a probation officer do not differ in evaluating the majority of the stressors. Differences between sexes occurred only in the case of the factors impeding the development and course of professional career and factors related to the lack of security and adequate, substantive support. In both cases, the level of experienced stress recorded in women employed as probation officers was significantly higher compared to men. The type of occupation practiced differentiates the group of subjects only in evaluating stressors related to inconsistencies and ambiguity connected with the discharge of professional duties as well as stressors connected to supervision activities and inadequate working conditions. In both cases, probation officers enforcing judgements in criminal cases displayed a significantly higher level of experienced stress.


Keywords

stress in probation officers; stress sources; polish probation officers

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Published : 2015-12-30


Skowroński, B. (2015). Stress in Probation Officers Enforcing Judgements in Criminal and Juvenile Cases. Resocjalizacja Polska, (10), 209-227. Retrieved from https://resocjalizacjapolska.pl/index.php/rp/article/view/158

Bartłomiej Skowroński 
University of Warsaw  Poland


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