Cheryl Lero Jonson, Ph.D.

Cheryl Lero Jonson, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Contact the author about her research at jonsonc@xavier.edu.

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City of New York Corrections Officer on duty

Corrections Training

The shock factor of correctional officer training

If training academies can facilitate and promote commitment to the occupation, it could be possible to slow the surge of correctional officers leaving the occupation each year

August 28, 2023 06:21 PM

Alexander L. Burton, Ph.D.

Re-Entry and Recidivism

Fulfilling the mission of rehabilitation through training

Although rehabilitating those serving time behind bars is a chief mission for state departments of correction, recent research reveals a potential stumbling block in achieving this goal

July 24, 2023 01:30 PM

Alexander L. Burton, Ph.D.

Corrections1 Research Center

What the public expects of corrections officers

We asked Americans if they prefer COs to serve in a more “traditional” punitive and custody-focused manner or to take a more “progressive” rehabilitative approach

May 16, 2023 10:27 PM

Alexander L. Burton, Ph.D.

Corrections1 Career Resources

What the public really thinks of corrections officers

We polled 1,000 Americans about their views of corrections officers. The results may surprise you

March 16, 2023 11:49 AM

Alexander L. Burton, Ph.D.

Recruitment

Keeping ‘bad apples’ out of the barrel: Early identification of correctional officers with bad intentions

Out of the nearly 700 correctional officers surveyed, approximately 6% indicated they had nefarious or disconcerting reasons for working in corrections

January 10, 2023 06:25 PM

Alexander L. Burton, Ph.D.