Staff Wellbeing in Corrections: Highlights from Recent Research

The ICPA R&D Network webinar provided an enlightening dive into the latest research, featuring a stellar line-up of internationally renowned speakers, each providing unique perspectives on the theme.

Authors

Olivia Miller

PhD Candidate, Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Olivia Miller is a doctoral student, research assistant, and sessional academic in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology. Her PhD aims to examine the wellbeing of Correctional Officers using a salutogenic framework. She has a keen interest in understanding post-trauma responses and promoting wellbeing in high-risk groups including frontline emergency service workers and people experiencing incarceration. Her previous work in this area has included understanding epigenetic risk and protective factors for post-trauma outcomes in paramedic students and understanding factors that support the health and wellbeing of disaster victim identification workers. Olivia has experience working within multidisciplinary team projects to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and programs including the Systems Thinking Incident Review (STIR) app and a first aid program for learner drivers.

Rosemary Ricciardelli

Research Chair, Safety, Security, and Wellness Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli is Professor (PhD) in the School of Maritime Studies and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness, at Memorial University’s Fisheries and Marine Institute. The winner of the 2023 International Corrections and Prison Association’s Research Excellence Award and the Canadian Sociological Association’s Angus Reid Applied Researcher Award, Ricciardelli was also elected to the Royal Society of Canada. Her research centers on evolving understandings of gender, vulnerabilities, risk, and experiences and issues within different facets of the criminal justice system and among mariners. She has published 16 books, 270+ journal articles and 65+ chapters all in the areas of police, firefighting, correctional workers, public safety communicators, and criminalized persons, and wellness – broadly defined. As a sex and gender researcher, her interests lay in the social health, identity construction, and lived experiences of individuals. She leads a longitudinal study on the mental health and well-being experiences of correctional officers employed by Correctional Services Canada.

Maria Elena Magrin

Professor, Deputy Rector, Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, University Penitentiary Hub, Italy

Maria Elena Magrin is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Milan-Bicocca, and also the Deputy Rector of the activities of the University Penitentiary Hub.

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