Exam 10: Ethics and Institutional Corrections

_________ shows how far people will go to inflict pain on others under the guidance or auspices of an authority figure

________ occurs when there is a steady flow of admissions occurring.

An intentional violation of organizational rules and/or procedures by public employees working in prison for personal gain is known as _____________.

____________ in the correctional environment mainly involves the competency of the treatment staff delivering the services.

Ethical issues involving treatment staff working in prisons are often a function of which of the following?

Which of the following behaviors would not typically be considered an example of prison corruption?

____________ describes a correctional officer or treatment professional failing to fulfill his or her responsibilities or duties (i.e., acts of omission).

__________ is a phenomenon of officers unwilling to conform to behaviors which are then ostracized by the group.

If the entire criminal justice system can be justified on ethical grounds, is it possible for an ethical system to engage in unethical practices, such as incarceration? Discuss.

Discuss the role of model standards for correctional officers. What sorts of ideals and obligations are found in them? Are they realistic, given the context in which correctional officers work?

According to some critics, relying on profit-making organizations to build and run prisons is problematic in part because doing so could change citizen expectations such that "profit" or "profitability" becomes associated with imprisonment.

This occurs when correctional officials intentionally abuse their discretion for personal gain:

Steps that can be taken to help prevent prison corruption, especially that involving correctional officers, include which of the following?

These are a "type" of correctional officers who are extreme enforcers of the rules:

This occurs when a correctional officer improperly performs the duties he or she is legally expected or required to fulfill:

This term describes what occurs when correctional officers develop relationships with inmates that revolve around mutual benefits:

________ refers to correctional officers developing relationships with inmates that revolve around mutual benefit.

The job-related responsibilities of correctional officers often create opportunities to engage in unethical or illegal behavior.

The _________ prison experiment was a simulation conducted in 1971 that vividly revealed the effects of imprisonment on guards and inmates.

Among criminal justice officials and the courts is an unspoken commitment to a doctrine of penal civility: that conditions inside prison should be no better than those an inmate would experience in the outside world.