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GENERATIVE CORRECTIONS: Facilitating Personal Growth and Reciprocal Wellness One Conversation at a Time
This book is written to show that we, as Corrections professionals, are more skilled and more knowledgeable than we are typically given credit for. We act in multiple roles all day, every day, in an environment that is very difficult to shake off.
This is an academic text for correctional practitioners. And if you think that that is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms, since correctional workers are rarely thought of as “academic”, then you have fallen into the trap of minimizing the complications of our profession.
Therefore, if you work as a direct service professional in adult corrections, whether line staff, supervisor, manager, or administrator, either Security or non-Security, and have always thought that our profession is more complicated than it is given credit for, and that to perform effectively it requires a much broader knowledge base than is assumed by others, then this book is for you.
In other words, if you have always believed, like the author has, that we are smarter than others think we are and that we have human management skills greater than other professions, this book is a step-by-step explanation as to why that is true.
Written by an experienced corrections professional, this book blends personal experiences with academic research to distill the concepts of trauma-informed interactions for line staff in our daily work with correctional residents—and build the framework for facility- and agency-level cultural adaptation. By employing a proven catalog of human growth concepts and practices, motivated frontline staff will find ways to experience more job satisfaction for the work they do every day. Facility residents will have more of the support they need for creating better futures. Leaders will find steps for strengthening the cultures of their facilities. Agencies will see more effective service delivery, and staff can even find growth in their off duty lives. All three elements of institutional security theory are addressed so that environmental and procedural consistency are emphasized.
This is an academic text for correctional practitioners. And if you think that that is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms, since correctional workers are rarely thought of as “academic”, then you have fallen into the trap of minimizing the complications of our profession.
Therefore, if you work as a direct service professional in adult corrections, whether line staff, supervisor, manager, or administrator, either Security or non-Security, and have always thought that our profession is more complicated than it is given credit for, and that to perform effectively it requires a much broader knowledge base than is assumed by others, then this book is for you.
In other words, if you have always believed, like the author has, that we are smarter than others think we are and that we have human management skills greater than other professions, this book is a step-by-step explanation as to why that is true.
Written by an experienced corrections professional, this book blends personal experiences with academic research to distill the concepts of trauma-informed interactions for line staff in our daily work with correctional residents—and build the framework for facility- and agency-level cultural adaptation. By employing a proven catalog of human growth concepts and practices, motivated frontline staff will find ways to experience more job satisfaction for the work they do every day. Facility residents will have more of the support they need for creating better futures. Leaders will find steps for strengthening the cultures of their facilities. Agencies will see more effective service delivery, and staff can even find growth in their off duty lives. All three elements of institutional security theory are addressed so that environmental and procedural consistency are emphasized.
321 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 16, 2026
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