What Contribution do Correctional Officer Trade Unions Make to Enabling Desistance, A Comparative Analysis of Canada and Scotland

ICPA2024 Presentation by Matthew Maycock and Rosemary Ricciardelli (ICPA2024-PID002)

Authors

Matthew Maycock

Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Australia

Matthew Maycock, PhD, is a senior lecturer in Criminology at Monash University. He was previously a Baxter Fellow in Community Education at the University of Dundee and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Matthew previously working within the criminal justice system in Scotland as a Learning and Development Researcher at the Scottish Prison Service. Additionally, he was previously an Investigator Scientist within the Settings and Organisations Team at the University of Glasgow leading on the evaluation of a public health intervention adapted for prison settings. Matthew undertook his PhD at the University of East Anglia (UK) and leads on an ongoing longitudinal study analysing modern slavery and freedom in Nepal through the theoretical lens of masculinity. Throughout various studies, Matthew has consistently worked on gender issues with critical studies on men and masculinity being a particular focus. Matthew is the co-editor of four edited collections, all focusing on aspects of life in prison, and he sits on the editorial board of three journals as well as being a co-editor of the International Journal of Prisoner Health.

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.

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