Correctional officers work in a stressful environment and are regularly exposed to dangerous and emotionally charged situations. Researchers have detailed the potential negative outcomes of this occupation, yet little research has examined the extent to which correctional officers experience emotion while on their shifts, and how those emotions may translate into stress, divorce, substance abuse issues, domestic violence, and high mortality rates upon retirement. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to learn how correctional officers experience their felt and expressed emotions while at work. Data collection was done using a 15-item open ended questionnaire designed by the researcher and accessed via an online website. The 15-item questionnaire was prescreened by correctional officers not participating in the survey to assure for trustworthiness. Anonymous online survey data was collected from 23 correctional custody staff members working throughout California. The responses from the survey were coded and analyzed using NVivo and Survey Monkey software to account for reoccurring themes in the data. The findings of this study show a high percentage of respondent's report feelings of anxiety throughout a shift at work. Further, the findings show that the participants consistently report a disconnect between felt and expressed emotions while at work. These findings may be used to reform training programs for correctional officers to offer them better ways to process the emotions they experience throughout their career.

En kriminalvårdare bemöter många olika förväntningar på sig i sin yrkesroll, och att veta vad som förväntas av en är en viktig faktor för arbetsmiljön och hälsan. Därav är syftet med denna studie att undersöka kriminalvårdares upplevelser om vilka förväntningar som finns på deras yrkesroll inom organisationen och vilka negativa konsekvenser detta kan medföra. Studien tillämpar också frågan i ett genusperspektiv och studerar om förväntningarna skiljer sig åt mellan kvinnor och män. Teoretiska utgångspunkter som används i studien är det dramaturgiska perspektivet, genusteorier, emotionellt arbete,konformitet samt ingrupp- och utgrupp. Metoden som används är en kvalitativ metod i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer där tio respondenter mellan 23 – 50 år deltar. Därefter görs en analys med hjälp av tematisk analysmetod. Resultatet visar att det finns motstridiga förväntningar på yrkesrollen i form av en vårdande roll samt en kontrollerande roll. Det framkommer att genusskillnader finns på så sätt att manliga kriminalvårdare förväntas inta den kontrollerande rollen medan den kvinnliga förväntas inta den vårdande rollen. Resultatet visar att förväntningarna medför negativa konsekvenser för den enskilde kriminalvårdaren i form av emotionella påfrestningar samt att de kan behöva gå emot sina egna värderingar. Negativa konsekvenser visar sig också i form av konflikter inom personalgruppen där det uppstår vi-mot-dem. / A prison guard meets many different expectations in his or her professional role, and to knowing what is expected of yourself is an important factor for the work environment and health. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine prison guard’s perceptions of what expectations there are of their professional role within the organization and what negative consequences this may entail. The study also applies the issue in a gender perspective and studies whether expectations differ between women and men. Theoretical starting points used in the study are the dramaturgical perspective, gender theories, emotional work, conformity and in-group and out-group. The method used is a qualitative method in terms of semi-structured interviews in which ten respondents between the ages of 23-50 participate. Then an analysis is made using a thematic analysis method. The results show that there are conflicting expectations of the professional role in terms of a caring role and a controlling role. It appears that gender differences exist in such a way that male prison guards take the controlling role while the female guards takes the caring role. The results show that the expectations have negative consequences for the individual prison guard in terms of emotional strain guard and they also have to go against their own values. Negative consequences also manifest themselves in terms of conflicts within the working group where we-against-them occurs.

The aim of this study was to determine the current operational skills requirements for Close Protection Operatives (CPOs) in South Africa. Operational skills refer to those skills that are vital in order for a CPO to effectively protect a designated person (this person is referred to as the `Principal'). In order to determine any shortcomings in the Close Protection industry, twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with current operational CPOs. A detailed literature review was also done in order to create a solid platform for the research and to assist in the verification of the information. During the research, it was found that the task of providing Close Protection could be divided into various sub-categories. This was necessary in order to gain a rounded perspective of a CPO's roles and duties. CPO's tasks in their entirety had to be unpacked into their smaller sub-components. In fact there were many ways to subdivide the skills requirements and functions of CPOs. It was, however, found that the actual subdivisions were less important than the gaining of a comprehensive understanding of how all the aspects are interrelated and should function synergistically. The need for regulation of the South African Close Protection industry was identified as a major concern among all interview respondents. In order to determine the relevant factors involved in regulation, the way countries such as the United Kingdom (UK), Australia and Israel regulate their industries, was assessed. It was noted that the industry in South Africa is `partially regulated'. This means that there is some sort of registration process for CPOs but no comprehensive monitoring and enforcement of accepted minimum competency standards. Currently in South Africa private sector CPOs are rated on the same scale as security guards and must be registered as a Grade level C with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA). This is not an effective manner to regulate CPOs. CPOs should be viewed as professionals and specialists since their skills far exceed those of a security guard (Grade C). According to South Africa's Skills Development Plan all industries will fall under Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs). Close Protection is grouped under the Police, Private Security, Legal, Correctional Services and Justice Sector Education and Training Authority (POSLEC SETA). There is currently a South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) Unit Standard for Close Protection (Protection of Designated Persons, Units Standard number: 11510). However, the research revealed that while the unit standard correctly outlines the operational skills requirements of CPOs there are no assessment guidelines or clearly defined minimum skills requirements. Before the unit standard can be effectively implemented, agreed industry minimum standards for the relevant skills divisions in Close Protection need to be identified and implemented. But currently there is some confusion regarding which body is responsible for, firstly developing acceptable unit standards; secondly, getting the industry as a whole to agree and accept such standards; thirdly, to see to it that training on those standards is provided; and finally the monitoring of these standards in practice. In this study various training related factors were identified and examined in order to assess whether the way CPOs are trained in South Africa is effective or not. Aspects such as the intensity, focus, duration and content were examined. In general it was found that it is important for the following to be implemented: 1. Effective screening and pre-training evaluation of potential trainees. 2. Training should be job orientated and focus on training CPOs for the functions that they will actually have to perform. 3. Training methodologies should focus on an outcomes based approach and utilise the fundamentals of adult based education. 4. Training should simulate reality including the related stress factors that are placed on operational CPOs such as lack of sleep and high levels of activity interspersed with boring waiting periods. 5. Ongoing training and re-training are vital components to a CPO maintaining operational competency. 6. Close Protection instructors need to have both an operational background and training in instructional methodologies before being considered competent. It is important that in the long term international recognition of South African Close Protection qualifications is achieved. This is essential since many South African CPOs operate internationally. Globalisation and improvements in technology have made it easier for international networking to take place. This has meant that clients are using CPOs in different countries and international comparisons are inevitable. If South African CPOs are to be considered `world class' then internationally recognised minimum standards need to be implemented for the South African Close Protection industry. The research indicated and highlighted various trends that may affect the Close Protection industry. The trends identified that seemed most relevant to the South African Close Protection industry were as follows: * Increased public awareness of international terrorism has resulted form acts such as the 9/11 attacks. This has made people more aware of the need for and benefits of security. Use of well trained CPOs is one of the ways that potential clients are able to minimise their exposure to any potential terrorist attack. * A CPO's ability to communicate and liaise with all relevant parties involved in the Close Protection environment is vital to the success of any operation. Therefore it is vital that these aspects receive the relevant focus during training. * The CPO needs to be well trained in use of unarmed combat and alternative weaponry. He/she can no longer rely on the use of a firearm as the primary force option. * A CPO needs to be able to adapt to many different situations. It is important that a CPO is trained to blend in and use the correct protocol in any given situation. The focus of operations should be on operating in a low profile manner to avoid unnecessary attention. * A CPO needs to be well trained in all aspects of planning and avoidance. The skills needed to proactively identify and avoid threats are vital to modern day operations. The CPO also needs to be quick thinking and adaptable in order to function effectively. * A CPO needs to have a working knowledge of all security related aspects that could enhance the safety of his/her Principal (i.e. multi-skilled). In addition to the above mentioned factors, other recommendations emanating from this study focused on minimum competency standards for the identified subdivisions of close protection. Examples of possible assessment guidelines and criteria were identified covering the following broad classifications: * Prior educational qualifications * Physical abilities * CPO skills * Prior experience in guarding * Firearm skills * Unarmed combat * Protective skills * First aid skills * Security knowledge * Advanced driver training * Protocol and etiquette * Management and business skills * Related skills / Criminology / (M.Tech (Security Management))

This diploma thesis deals with public guards and the role they have in environmental protection. Firstly, the thesis focuses on the explanation of the concept of public guards, their historical development and present legal regulation. Secondly, the thesis deals with particular public guards, which are hunting guard, forest guard, fishing guard and nature guard. Their legal regulation and evaluation of their work is discussed in separate chapters. The next part of the thesis is concerned with The Public Guards Bill 2002. Finally, the thesis deals with a critical evaluation of the role that public guards have in environmental protection and proposes several solutions for the improvement of their work. The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive analysis of public guards and to suggest solutions for the improvement of their activities.

A dissertation submitted to the Global Labour University in conformity with the requirements of a MA in Labour Policy and Globalisation School of Social Sciences Faculty of Humanities University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg March 2016 / Understanding the subjective views of low skilled marginalised workers who occupy bottom ends of labour markets and are implicated in everyday precarious living and working conditions is crucial for advancing scholarship on precarity. This qualitative study grounded in a phenomenological theoretical framework highlights the disconnects between the academic understandings of precarity and an understanding of precariousness from Zimbabwean migrant security guards’ own perspective in South Africa’s Private Security Industry (PSI), Gauteng Province. Relying on data collected through a combination of an ethnographic experience in 2014 and in-depth face to face interviews I conducted from June 2015, this study examines the perceptions that migrant security guards have on precarity, the strategies and tactics they employ to navigate everyday precarious working and living conditions and most importantly, the rationale behind these workers continued stay and work under precarious situations. As workers with precarious backgrounds, the findings of this study reveals that migrant security guards treat wage employment instrumentally, a source of their livelihood that has led to improvements in their standards of living as interpreted by them. The strategies and tactics employed by these workers either individually or collectively are therefore rationally and tactically crafted so as not directly challenge and disrupt the existing structures (state, capital and law) but instead to survive within these structures so as not to jeopardise their main source of livelihood-wage employment. For migrant security guards, wage employment remains a vital tool for meeting their varied socio-economic and political objectives. This study therefore led to the conclusion that there is generally a mismatch between academic conceptualisation of precarity and the way marginalised and low skilled labour migrants interpret and understand circumstances. / GR2017

Theory predicts that in species with a greater risk of sperm competition, males will invest more in ejaculate traits. In species with alternative mating tactics (AMTs), males of different phenotypes will be under different sperm competition risk. Because minors sneak inside other males\' territories to mate they should always face sperm competition. Major males, on the other hand, defend territories and have more chance of mating exclusively with females. For majors, the risk of sperm competition is theoretically lower. The main prediction from game theory models for species with AMTs is that majors invest less in ejaculate traits than minors. However, when the proportion of minors in the population increases, majors should invest more in ejaculate traits, reaching a similar level of ejaculate expenditure to minors. In this study, we tested these predictions with a meta-regression analysis of 29 fish species with AMTs. As a proxy for the risk of sperm competition, we ranked each species according to a sperm competition rank with five levels, from 1 (low risk of sperm competition) to 5 (high risk of sperm competition). Overall, we found that minors invest more in ejaculate traits than majors. We also categorized the ejaculate expenditure of males, according to the original variables quantified in the studies that were included in our analysis and found that minors invest more energy in the production of gonads than majors. Additionally, minors and majors have a similar investment in sperm number and sperm quality, but majors allocate more sperm to females. Overall, the sperm competition rank did not influence the magnitude of the difference in investment of majors and minors. The differential investment in gonad mass between majors and minors should represent an increase in sperm numbers, but our data showed that majors and minors are not producing different amount of sperm. Therefore, the higher investment in gonad mass can be related to minors mating more frequently than majors. minors are not able to produce sperm in greater quantities than majors, but they probably can replenish sperm faster than majors. Against theoretical predictions, sperm quality does not respond to differences of sperm competition, probably because sperm quality is not under such strong selection as gonad mass. Our findings suggest that, in fishes with alternative mating tactics, both majors and minors are under strong selection from sperm competition, even when the risk of polyandry is low / A teoria prevê que em espécies sob maior risco de competição espermática, os machos irão investir mais em características do ejaculado. Em espécies com táticas alternativas de acasalamento (AMTs), machos de fenótipos diferentes estão sob diferentes riscos de competição espermática. Uma vez que machos minors (i.e., machos furtivos) se esgueiram para dentro do território de outros machos para acasalar, eles provavelmente sempre enfrentam competição espermática. Machos major, por outro lado, defendem territórios e possuem uma chance maior de acasalar exclusivamente com fêmeas. Para os majors, o risco de competição espermática é teoricamente menor. A principal previsão de modelos de teoria dos jogos para espécies com AMTs é que majors investem menos em características de ejaculado do que minors. Entretanto, quando a proporção de minors em uma população aumenta, os majors devem investir mais em características do ejaculado, alcançando um nível similar de investimento em ejaculado que os minors. Neste estudo, nós testamos essas previsões com uma meta-regressão de 29 espécies de peixes com AMTs. Como proxy para o risco de competição espermática, nós classificamos cada espécie de acordo com um ranking de competição espermática. Esse ranking utiliza características de história de vida e demografia de cada espécie, e possui cinco níveis, de 1 (baixo risco de competição espermática) até 5 (alto risco de competição espermática). De maneira geral, nós encontramos que minors investem mais em características de ejaculado do que majors. Nós também categorizamos o investimento em ejaculado dos machos de acordo com as variáveis originais quantificadas nos estudos que foram incluídos na nossa análise e encontramos o resultado de que minors investem mais na produção de gônadas para seu próprio tamanho do que majors. Além disso, minors e majors apresentam investimento similar em número de espermatozoides e qualidade espermática, mas majors alocam mais esperma para as fêmeas. Em geral, o ranking de competição espermática não influenciou a magnitude da diferença de investimento entre majors e minors. O investimento diferencial em massa gonadal entre majors e minors deveria representar um aumento no número de espermatozoides, porém nossos dados mostraram que majors e minors não estão produzindo quantidades diferentes de esperma. Assim, um investimento maior em massa gonadal pode estar relacionado aos minors acasalarem mais frequentemente que os majors. minors não conseguem produzir esperma em maiores quantidades que os majors, mas eles provavelmente conseguem repor seu estoque de esperma mais rápido que os majors. Contrário às previsões teóricas, a qualidade espermática não responde às variações de competição espermática, provavelmente porque a qualidade espermática não está sob forte seleção como a massa gonadal. Nossos resultados sugerem que, em peixes com táticas alternativas de acasalamento, tanto os majors como os minors estão sob forte seleção da competição espermática, mesmo quando o risco de poliandria é baixo

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-01-16T12:06:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Rui Yoshio Kunugi.pdf: 1090396 bytes, checksum: cfc7e50f74f6aea8be63988a92c8c984 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-16T12:06:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rui Yoshio Kunugi.pdf: 1090396 bytes, checksum: cfc7e50f74f6aea8be63988a92c8c984 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-15 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / This work is born from the researcher's experience within the prison system as a professor of criminology 1997-1999 in various prisons in the state of São Paulo, teaching for prison guards, commonly called jailers. From his observation sharp difference among their students and others, given that the training provided by the Penitentiary Academy at the time was planned for the prison model was modified with a new mindset for these professionals. For various reasons, the group of teachers was extinguished and the training course for prison guards was destroyed, and thus the formation of the new agent became ill, hurting himself and the social group they belong to. Faced with so many problems arising from the expansion of prisons in Sao Paulo, and the huge increase of prisoners within the São Paulo prisons, it had to rescue the technical course on prison security officer training from 1997 to 1999 and from this experience design, the final conclusions some targets in the emergence of new business resulting from this experience, as well as the formation of criminologists and some goals to be met in prison / O presente trabalho nasce da experiência do pesquisador dentro do sistema penitenciário como professor de criminologia de 1997 a 1.999, em diversos presídios no Estado de São Paulo, dando aulas para agentes de segurança penitenciária, vulgarmente chamado de carcereiros. De sua observação nota nítida diferença entre seus alunos e os demais, tendo em vista que a formação fornecida pela Academia Penitenciária na época foi planejada para que o modelo de prisão fosse modificado com uma nova mentalidade para estes profissionais. Por diversos motivos, o grupo de professores foi extinto e o curso de formação de agentes de segurança penitenciária foi destruído, e assim a formação do novo agente se tornou precária, prejudicando a ele próprio e ao segmento social que pertencem. Diante de tantos problemas decorrentes da expansão de presídios em SP, e o aumento enorme de presos dentro das prisões paulistas, foi preciso resgatar o curso técnico de formação de agente de segurança penitenciária de 1997 a 1999 e a partir desta experiência projetar, nas conclusões finais, algumas metas dentro do surgimento de novos profissionais decorrentes desta experiência, bem como a formação de criminólogos e algumas metas a serem cumpridas na prisão

Cette thèse porte sur la place dans la ville des acteurs quotidiens de la sécurité à Nairobi, au Kenya. Ces acteurs, appelés génériquement « les veilleurs » afin de signifier du même coup leur tâche professionnelle (surveiller la ville) et leur condition incertaine (« être en veille », vivre dans une forme de suspens), sont entrevus au prisme de deux groupes particuliers : les gardiens de sécurité privée aux portes des résidences de la ville planifiée et les jeunes recrues des youthgroups dans les quartiers de bidonvilles. Privilégiant une approche par les individus et le quotidien, je m’inscris dans le champ renouvelé de la sécurité, sensible depuis une dizaine d’années aux effets « micro » produits par les dispositifs sécuritaires, notamment sur les subjectivités particulières, les affects, les corps et les pratiques routinières. La capitale kenyane présente un double caractère me permettant de mettre en lumière l’acuité de la condition des veilleurs dans la ville : une fragmentation urbaine iconique, voire « cliché » en termes d’imaginaire et une atmosphère générale d’inquiétude, relative au contexte traumatique des violences politiques récentes et à l’émergence de la menace terroriste. Cette recherche s’appuie sur une méthode qualitative de type ethnographique, combinée à l’expérimentation d’une méthodologie de création poétique, afin de lever l’inhibition de la parole. Elle appréhende la condition des veilleurs à trois niveaux de lecture : la condition politique d’individus maintenus dans un registre d’ambiguïté vis-à-vis des communautés qu’ils protègent, la vie quotidienne dérivant de cette condition, enfin le sens que ces individus s’efforcent d’en extraire. Ces trois niveaux me permettent de développer une approche spatiale des concepts d’abandon, désignant cette puissance sécuritaire ambiguë qui assigne les veilleurs dans un « ni dedans, ni dehors » (sur la ligne de démarcation entre le Familier et l’Étranger) ; de vies en attente, pour souligner le poids de l’incertitude au sein de leur quotidien ; enfin de place complexe afin de signifier la puissance des imaginaires spatiaux et temporels par lesquels les veilleurs s’approprient leur condition. / This PhD thesis aims at analysing the place within the city of everyday security actors in Nairobi, Kenya. I call them “veilleurs” (sentinels of the city), playing on the double meaning of the word in French : referring both to their professional activity (watching over the city) and their feeling of living a passive life (watching all day long can be considered as a non-action). The study focuses on two groups in particular : private security guards at the gate of residential compounds in the planned city, and youthgroups members in slum areas. Adopting an individual and everyday-centred approach, this work fits in with the recent renewal of security studies. For the last ten years, those have been advocating a closer attention to “micro” effects produced by security assemblages, especially on subjectivities, affects, bodies, and everyday routines. The city of Nairobi displays a double feature that sheds new light on the sensitive question of the veilleurs. First, its urban fragmentation appears as particularly iconic in terms of imaginaries. Second, Nairobi can be qualified as an “anxious city” in light of the recent political violence (2007-2008) and the emerging terrorist threat. This study is based on both an ethnographic approach and a creative methodology using poetry as a way to free the speech of my interlocutors. It seeks to analyse the place of the veilleurs through three layered readings: their ambiguous political condition (being “on the line” between familiarity and otherness: neither inside nor outside the community they are supposed to watch over), the uncertain everyday life resulting from this condition, and the diverse imaginaries they produce to make sense of it. These three layers allow me to develop both a spatial and social reading of the key concepts of abandonment, lives on hold, and complex place to better understand this particular category of urban workers.

Este estudo tem como objetivo principal examinar os processos sociais referentes ao grau de profissionalização dos agentes da Guarda Municipal de Porto Alegre. Para tanto, estabelecemos quatro indicadores relacionados à profissionalização, são eles: formação, carreira, requisitos cognitivos e requisitos éticos. Buscamos, também, compreender as questões relacionadas às possíveis identidades profissionais formadas pelos agentes em estudo no que se refere à execução do seu trabalho. A questão que motivou e que justifica esse estudo se relaciona à segurança pública, especificamente a segurança urbana e municipal, tema cuja discussão conceitual e investigações empíricas já existentes buscam contribuir para um melhor entendimento do problema, especialmente no que se refere à utilização das Guardas Municipais no sistema de segurança pública municipal. / The major aim of this study is to examine the social processes concerning the degree of professionalization of the members from the Guarda Municipal de Porto Alegre. Four indicators related to professionalization were considered: education, career, cognitive requirements and ethical requirements. We also sought to understand the issues related to the possible professional identities constituted by the agents in study when performing their work. The question that has motivated and that justifies this study is related to public security, specifically the urban and municipal security, subject whose existent conceptual discussion and empirical investigations seek to contribute for a better understanding of the problem, especially regarding the incorporation of the municipal guards in the system of public municipal security.

Este estudo tem como objetivo principal examinar os processos sociais referentes ao grau de profissionalização dos agentes da Guarda Municipal de Porto Alegre. Para tanto, estabelecemos quatro indicadores relacionados à profissionalização, são eles: formação, carreira, requisitos cognitivos e requisitos éticos. Buscamos, também, compreender as questões relacionadas às possíveis identidades profissionais formadas pelos agentes em estudo no que se refere à execução do seu trabalho. A questão que motivou e que justifica esse estudo se relaciona à segurança pública, especificamente a segurança urbana e municipal, tema cuja discussão conceitual e investigações empíricas já existentes buscam contribuir para um melhor entendimento do problema, especialmente no que se refere à utilização das Guardas Municipais no sistema de segurança pública municipal. / The major aim of this study is to examine the social processes concerning the degree of professionalization of the members from the Guarda Municipal de Porto Alegre. Four indicators related to professionalization were considered: education, career, cognitive requirements and ethical requirements. We also sought to understand the issues related to the possible professional identities constituted by the agents in study when performing their work. The question that has motivated and that justifies this study is related to public security, specifically the urban and municipal security, subject whose existent conceptual discussion and empirical investigations seek to contribute for a better understanding of the problem, especially regarding the incorporation of the municipal guards in the system of public municipal security.