The role of the prison officer is complex and challenging. In order to discharge their duties
effectively, prison officers require relevant and comprehensive training and education upon …

Background Stigma associated with substance use and criminal involvement is pervasive
and creates a barrier to evidence-based addiction care within the criminal legal system …

Background Stigma is a barrier to the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the criminal
legal system. Staff sometimes have negative attitudes about medications for OUD (ie …

Sex offenders remain the most hated group of offenders, subject to a myriad of regulations
and punishments beyond imprisonment, including sex offender registries, chemical and …

Recent years have seen the development and implementation of a range of multi-
disciplinary and partnership approaches to managing risk in known sex offenders, involving …

Employment can reduce reoffending, yet many employers refrain from hiring candidates with
prior convictions, particularly for sexual offences. This study explored employability ratings …

Developed with the goal of preventing recidivism, contemporary sex offender supervision
models focus on collaboration between probation officers and therapists. This exploratory …

Purpose| This review presents a summary of research that is relevant to the implementation
of the serious violent offences (SVO) scheme in Queensland. This scheme requires a person …

This study investigated the dimensionality of the Perception of Sex Offenders scale among
prison officer students in Norway, and whether the students' perceptions of this group of …

Criminal justice staff work in a challenging setting and yet are often expected to promote
positive change in justice-involved individuals. This study examined the 1) types of …