Correctional Officers’ Perceptions of Occupational Deviance in Taiwan: A Combined Theoretical Perspective on Salient Individual and Organizational Dynamics
Correctional Officers’ Perceptions of Occupational Deviance in Taiwan: A Combined Theoretical Perspective on Salient Individual and Organizational Dynamics
Yung-Lien Lai Hui-Ching Wu Yu-Hsuan Liu Tzu-Ying Lo a Department of Criminology, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwanb Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwanc Department of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security, St. John’s University Queens, NY, USAYung-Lien Lai, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Criminology at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, ROC. He earned his doctoral degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State University. Dr. Lai’s research interests include police-relations, comparative correctional systems, and correctional staff’s behaviors. His recent publications have appeared in Asian Journal of Criminology, Policing: An International Journal, Journal of Crime and Justice, and Journal of Criminology.Hui-Ching Wu, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Social Work at National Taiwan University and a licensed clinical social worker in Taiwan. She earned her doctoral degree in social work from Columbia University. Dr. Wu has over 30 years of clinical experience and more than 20 years of evidence-based research in mental health, trauma, substance use, and criminal justice. She has led more than 30 government-funded projects supported by national and local agencies. Her research interests include female substance use, family-based interventions, trauma-informed care, stigma, human rights, empowerment, and community reentry. She has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and has collaborated internationally with institutions such as Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Hong Kong Baptist University, and Oxford University.Yu-Hsuan Liu, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security at St. Johns’ University Queens, NY. He earned his doctoral degree in criminal jusitce from John Jay College of Criminal Jusitce,CUNY. His interests include policing, spatial data analysis, and criminology. His recent publications have appeared in the jouirnals such as Police Practice and Research, Journal of Criminal Justice, Methological Innovations, and Victims and Offenders.Tzu-Ying Lo, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security at St. John’s University Queens, NY. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency, inmate misconduct, and police-citizen relations. Her recent publications have appeared in Police Practice and Research, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Crime and Justice, Victims and Offenders.