Question 1

What does it mean to "uphold social values"? How does doing so or not doing so affect our corrections system?

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Question 2

You have been a correctional officer at a large federal prison in the United States for nearly thirty years. How has your job changed over those years? What about your job is more difficult than it was when you first began? What about your job is easier?

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Question 3

As a probation officer, you are, at any given time, responsible for dozens of people at various stages of the corrections system. How important is "people work" in your day-to-day duties? What role does it play and how do you "do it"?

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Question 4

As a sheriff in a small town, you are charged with much of the local corrections responsibilities. In what ways might federalism make your job easier? In what ways might federalism make it more difficult?

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Question 5

Among your job responsibilities as warden of the state prison is to receive feedback from various role players within the system as well as those who report on, govern, and finance your prison. How do you weigh and respond to positive feedback about your prison's functioning? What would your response be to negative feedback?

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Question 6

You have just been hired by your community's local law enforcement agency. As you begin your on-the-job training, your partner (a ten-year force veteran) and your chief keep reminding you that a big part of your duties will be to uphold social values. What, do you think, they mean by this? Explain using specific details.

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Quiz 1: The Corrections System

What does it mean to "uphold social values"? How does doing so or not doing so affect our corrections system?

You have been a correctional officer at a large federal prison in the United States for nearly thirty years. How has your job changed over those years? What about your job is more difficult than it was when you first began? What about your job is easier?

As a probation officer, you are, at any given time, responsible for dozens of people at various stages of the corrections system. How important is "people work" in your day-to-day duties? What role does it play and how do you "do it"?

As a sheriff in a small town, you are charged with much of the local corrections responsibilities. In what ways might federalism make your job easier? In what ways might federalism make it more difficult?