Exam 15: Todays Corrections Professional: Characteristics, Challenges, and Opportunities

One of the standards of the American Correctional Association was to require ____________________ hours for preservice training.

The recommended number of hours for annual in-service training is:

Which of the following is an indication of nonprofessional behavior?

The ____________________ investigates an offender's background to determine if the offender can be safely allowed back into the community before his or her trial date.

The _______________ has specific skills and education and can work with line staff to determine proper treatment placements in the community.

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists must meet many court-imposed deadlines, which contributes to heavy workloads and extensive paperwork.

The ____________________ is the chief treatment officer in many correctional institutions, both male and female.

The American Correctional Association's Code of Ethics has contributed to:

Sheriffs ' departments typically place newly appointed deputies in the jail for a period of time until they are transferred to law enforcement responsibility on the streets.

A Swedish word that means "representative, " the ____________________ is a person or body that protects citizens against governmental abuses.

Which of the following has changed the nature of corrections?

Explain the role of the prison captain. (Note: This question can be changed to make it a compare and contrast between different jobs as well.)

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists must consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and be able to choose appropriately. According to the text, this falls under the quality of ___________________.

The _____________________ is responsible for managing staff, generating programs, and creating a vision for the jail in years to come.

What is a set of character strengths and personal values directed at providing the highest quality service to others in the workplace?

The assistant warden for programming is typically someone who has been promoted through the ranks, beginning perhaps as a caseworker.

The American Correctional Association's Code of Ethics has statements regarding:

The job of the ____________________ consists of identifying individual involvement, whether by inmates, personnel, or public citizens, that is suspected of criminal infractions of administrative, civil, or criminal nature.

What has contributed to professionalism in corrections?

The Federal Bureau of Prisons and a number of states began to emphasize staff training in 1899 following the formation of the first juvenile court.