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| regarding the positions of corrections officers & staff, a profession is distinguished by prior educational attainment involving college, formal training on the job or just prior to the start of the job, pay & benefits that are commensurate with the work, the ability to exercise discretion, & work that is guided by a code of ethics |
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| 5 characteristics that typify what a profession is |
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1. prior educational attainment involving college
2. formal training on the job or just prior to the start of the job
3. pay & benefits that are commensurate with the work
4. the ability to exercise discretion
5. work that is guided by a code of ethics |
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| Stanford Prison Experiment |
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| a 1971 experiment conducted at Stanford University, which utilized volunteer students, divided into officers & inmates in a makeshift "prison"; in the end, about a third of the "officers" engaged in the abuse of "inmates", & other officers stood by while it was going on; the experiment was stopped after a few days & is often referenced as an example of how correctional work, & the subculture that develop as part of the job, can foster corrupt behavior by officers |
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| the ability to "get people to do what they otherwise wouldn't" |
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| a type of organizational structure that includes these three elements: hierarchy, specialization, & rule of law |
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| institutions separated from their outside environments, & are unaffected by those environments to some extent |
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| 6 aspects of a total institution |
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1. all aspects of life are conducted under one figurative roof
2. people's lives are led in groups with others like them, & they are treated like other group members
3. all activities are scheduled & controlled by rules & procedures & officials
4. all such controlled activities are part of a plan that is meant to achieve predictable outcomes
5. they have formal & distinct roles for staff & inmates that are sacrosanct, & each must stay separate from the other
6. staff are invested with formal power, & inmates must not be given any, or allowed to exert any, of their own |
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| the values, beliefs, history, traditions, & language held & practiced in a given organization |
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| what a person does on the job every day |
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| a correctional officer in a prison who is a violent, cynical, & alienated keeper of inmates |
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| a correctional officer who provides goods, services, advocacy, & assistance to help inmates adjust |
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