Nature Contact in the Carceral Workplace: Greenspace and Staff Sickness Absence in Prisons in England and Wales

IF 5.2 2区 心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
D. Moran, Phil Jones, J. Jordaan, Amy E. Porter
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Abstract

This paper demonstrates for the first time that prisons with a higher proportion of natural vegetation within their perimeter have lower levels of staff sickness absence. It makes three significant contributions. First, it extends studies of workplace nature contact into the un-researched carceral context. Second, whereas previous workplace nature contact studies have largely utilized single-site surveys, it presents national-level, statistically robust analysis. Third, it brings a novel new perspective to studies of sickness absence within correctional workforces, by considering the effect of the physical environment. Econometric estimations presented in the paper confirm lower levels of staff sick-leave in prisons with more greenspace. This relationship persists when we control for prison size, security level, age, level of crowding, levels of self-harm and violence among prisoners, and assaults against staff. The findings are significant in demonstrating the benefits of nature contact in workplaces in general, and carceral environments in particular. Importantly, this has the potential to influence future prison design.
殡葬工作场所的自然接触:英格兰和威尔士监狱的绿地和工作人员疾病缺席
这篇论文首次证明,在其周边拥有较高比例的自然植被的监狱,其员工病假的水平较低。它做出了三个重要贡献。首先,它将工作场所自然接触的研究扩展到未被研究的职业背景中。其次,虽然以前的工作场所自然接触研究主要利用单点调查,但它提出了国家级的、统计上可靠的分析。第三,它通过考虑物理环境的影响,为惩教工作人员的疾病缺勤研究带来了一个新的视角。论文中提出的计量经济学估计证实,在绿地较多的监狱中,员工病假的水平较低。当我们控制监狱规模、安全级别、年龄、拥挤程度、囚犯自残和暴力程度以及对工作人员的袭击时,这种关系仍然存在。研究结果表明,在工作场所,特别是在工作环境中,与大自然接触是有好处的。重要的是,这有可能影响未来监狱的设计。
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CiteScore
13.30
自引率
1.80%
发文量
13
期刊介绍: Environment & Behavior is an interdisciplinary journal designed to report rigorous experimental and theoretical work focusing on the influence of the physical environment on human behavior at the individual, group, and institutional levels.
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