Exam 13: Correctional Professionals: Misconduct and Responses

A study cited in the text determined that _____________ was the strongest predictor (in a negative direction)for job stress among corrections officers.

Researchers Mesloh, Wolf, and Henych found that the existence of a deviant subculture among correctional officers affects misconduct.

Some people become correctional officers as part of a long-term plan to smuggle drugs into prisons.

"Hostile work environment" has to do with the unions objecting to management treatment of officers.

A strong anti-corruption policy should include screening of employees using state-of-the-art psychological tools.

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:

According to a study cited in the text, correctional managers attribute misconduct to:

How long did the Stanford Prison Experiment last?

There is a growing recognition that some misconduct of correctional officers may be due to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Souryal argued that the "civility" of a correctional institution is influenced by all of the following except:

Discuss the findings of Zimbardo's prison experiment and the implications concerning the potential behavior of correctional officers.

A juvenile has been arrested for vandalizing a Burger King. He and his friends tore up some landscaping, threw rocks at the marquee (breaking glass panels), and spray-painted graffiti. As part of the diversion process, he has accepted the opportunity to meet with the restaurant's owner for a mediation session. The probation officer leading the meeting suggests a penalty that involves an apology and a schedule of work to be performed at the restaurant. In addition, the offender agrees to attend counseling to assist him with personal issues. All agree to the plan. One criticism of restorative justice suggests that _____________ offenders may be good for the individual victim but may not be good for the "class of victims" who have yet to be victimized.

List and briefly describe an alternative approach to misconduct and corruption that is not based upon punishment.

Describe and discuss restorative justice and its potential role in dealing with misconduct and corruption in corrections.

Discuss the elements that contribute to the correctional officer subculture, and show how this subculture impacts officer behavior.

The ___________ helps to create the correctional environment by its endorsement of the subcultural norm that inmates deserve less legal protection than the rest of us.

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

The person who helped set up the Abu Ghraib prison and had also served as head of the Texas, New Mexico, and Utah prison systems was:

The Supreme Court has decided that inmates must have some sort of due process before a neutral hearing body before having ______________ taken away for disciplinary reasons.

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.