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contexts > named groups > persons > staff > professionalization of staff

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professionalization of staff  

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  • Certain occupations or careers such as law and medicine are thought to hold a “professional” status in our society. Generally an occupation is considered to have gained professional status when the following elements are present: a specialized body of knowledge is developed and maintained; practitioners undertake a training period during which that body of knowledge is studied, learned, and tested; members are recognized by the community and their clients as having authority in their field; the profession operates autonomously and develops a culture maintained through associations; and it develops, maintains, and enforces a code of practice and/or a code of ethics and behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Professionalization of Staff]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-C67FTVH1-B

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