Page Jessica, Robertson Noelle
Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2021 Apr 7;29(2):155-182. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2021.1894259. eCollection 2022.
Research indicates that indirect exposure to trauma can have a detrimental psychological impact on professionals working within, and interfacing with, law enforcement and the criminal justice system. This systematic review aimed to explore the extent and predictors of work-related distress amongst community corrections personnel. A search of five databases identified 19 papers eligible for inclusion; 16 addressed burnout, and the remainder investigated secondary trauma, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. Synthesis revealed that community corrections personnel reported burnout at levels akin to those of other professions working in forensic contexts, though reports of secondary trauma appeared higher. Predictive factors encompassed personal, role-based and organisational factors. Research reporting work-related distress in correctional officers is focused on burnout but uses divergent models of stress, reveals methodological weaknesses, and to date has little examined responses to indirect trauma. The limitations of this review are discussed, alongside clinical implications and areas for future research.
研究表明，间接接触创伤可能会对在执法部门和刑事司法系统工作及与之打交道的专业人员产生有害的心理影响。本系统综述旨在探讨社区矫正人员工作相关困扰的程度及预测因素。对五个数据库的检索确定了19篇符合纳入标准的论文；其中16篇涉及职业倦怠，其余研究了继发性创伤、替代性创伤和同情疲劳。综合分析表明，社区矫正人员报告的职业倦怠程度与其他从事法医工作的职业相当，不过继发性创伤的报告似乎更高。预测因素包括个人、基于角色和组织因素。关于惩教人员工作相关困扰的研究主要集中在职业倦怠，但使用了不同的压力模型，存在方法上的弱点，并且迄今为止很少研究对间接创伤的反应。本文讨论了本综述的局限性以及临床意义和未来研究方向。
