Work Environment Correlates of Staff Stress in a Youth Detention Facility

We intensively interviewed 53 staff members of a state-operated regional children's detention center, located in a large, metropolitan, southern city. The center houses both delinquent and status offender youths, incarcerated on a variety of charges ranging from truancy to homicide. Staff stres...

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Published in:Criminal justice and behavior 1986-09, Vol.13 (3), p.328-344
Main Authors: DEMBO, RICHARD, DERTKE, MAX
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