Exam 13: Correctional Professionals: Misconduct and Responses

Medical personnel sometimes adopt the  ________________  philosophy of corrections and deprive inmates of services because of a belief that they don't deserve treatment.

The Attorney General has hired you to review inmate complaints emanating from a state prison. Your investigation reveals that a group of six correctional officers is responsible for most of the issues. All six were part of the same training class and began work at the prison together. You are summarizing your findings for the Attorney General. Several complaints related to the officers' failure to follow up on requests for medical care. There was also one complaint regarding lost mail. Your investigation leads you to believe that these issues were not intentional on the part of the officers; nevertheless, they still get classified as:

The "trickle down" theory of ethical management is that correctional officers will treat inmates the way they  perceive they are being treated by management.

The warden of a state prison has been receiving complaints from female correctional officers. Their complaints are not against the inmates but rather are against some of their male colleagues. The complaints allege that the male officers have engaged in continuing sexual harassment, including posting pornographic images in the locker room, using degrading language about them in front of the inmates, and using their hands more than necessary during training exercises. It is possible that this situation developed out of the sight of top administrators at the prison because they are more involved with external matters, such as dealing with the legislature, media, courts, and community. In the text this is referred to as having  _____________ .

Souryal argued that "integrated thinking" and " __________ agility" were important elements for an ethical climate.

Explain the benefits and drawbacks of restorative justice processes such as sentencing circles, considering all parties: the offender, the victim , the corrections official, and the general community.

Wright offers seven principles as a guide for how administrators and supervisors should treat employees. Which of the following is not one of these seven principles?

Philip Zimbardo's prison experiment took place on the campus of Stanford University.

Both restorative justice and peacemaking corrections are consistent with the ethics of ______________ and might be considered feminine models of justice.

Lack of responsiveness and failure to protect are examples of which of the following types of prison abuse identified by Bomse?

The warden of a state prison has been receiving complaints from female correctional officers. Their complaints are not against the inmates but rather are against some of their male colleagues. The complaints allege that the male officers have engaged in continuing sexual harassment, including posting pornographic images in the locker room, using degrading language about them in front of the inmates, and using their hands more than necessary during training exercises. The warden considers covering up the situation, with the rationale that it is ethical to sacrifice the well-being of a few officers to protect the reputation of the entire institution. This would be an application of the  ______________  viewpoint.

The Attorney General has hired you to review inmate complaints emanating from a state prison. Your investigation reveals that a group of six correctional officers is responsible for most of the issues. All six were part of the same training class and began work at the prison together. You are summarizing your findings for the Attorney General. Interviews with the officers revealed a common perception that prison management did not behave ethically and was not concerned about officer safety. The officers indicated that they eventually adopted the attitude that if management was not going to treat them properly, then they were no longer concerned about treating inmates ethically. This situation illustrates:

Which of the following is not one of the three types of prison abuse identified by Bomse?

Examples of restorative justice process include all of the following except:

The book Marie by Peter Maas was about a Tennessee scheme involving the sale of _________ to convicts.

Norway's "normalization principle" refers to a belief that offenders respond best to the message that they are still members of the community.

Discuss the three types of prisoner abuse that Bomse identified, and provide an example of each.

Souryal's corruption typology includes all of the following categories except:

Researchers found no link between how workers believe they are treated by management and how ethically they behave.

The warden of a state prison has been receiving complaints from female correctional officers. Their complaints are not against the inmates but rather are against some of their male colleagues. The complaints allege that the male officers have engaged in continuing sexual harassment, including posting pornographic images in the locker room, using degrading language about them in front of the inmates, and using their hands more than necessary during training exercises. The warden considers covering up the situation, with the rationale that he stands to be fired or demoted if the situation becomes known outside the institution. This would be an application of the  _______________  viewpoint.