Question 1

How is coercive power used in the correctional system? What are the major issues that constrain the use of coercive power by prison officials?

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Question 2

How do you think power can be used to lead to a more secure and productive correctional setting? Be sure to fully explain your answer.

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Question 3

are behaviors that blur, minimize, or disrupt the social distance between prison staff and prison residents, resulting in infractions of departmental policy.

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Question 4

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Line personnel

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Question 5

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Staff personnel

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Question 6

Would you become a correctional officer? Why or why not? Be sure to address the drawbacks, distinct challenges, and positive features of such work. Explain the type of job assignment you would prefer, and which you would want to avoid.

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Question 7

Officers are permitted to use reasonable to protect themselves from imminent harm or violence.

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Question 8

Discuss the challenges officers face when attempting to gain compliance. What strategies are used by officers and administrators to gain compliance?

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Question 9

What strategies are used by officers and administrators to gain compliance from incarcerated individuals? Which do you believe is the most effective and which is the least effective? Be sure to fully explain your answer.

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Question 10

List and discuss the negative consequences of boundary violations and job stress on correctional officers and staff.

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Question 11

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Unity of command

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Question 12

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Span of control

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Question 13

Prison is the sound and firm management of prison residents and staff.

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Question 14

A between prison administration and employees stipulates the rights and obligations of each side; thus, a warden cannot simply dictate working conditions.

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Question 15

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Boundary violations

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Question 16

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Inmate balance theory

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Question 17

If you were a prison warden, how would you address issues of boundary violations between staff and prison residents?

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Question 18

Describe who becomes a correctional officer and why. What draws people to this type of work?

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Question 19

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Coercive power

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Question 20

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Compliance by threat
b. Compliance for material resources
c. Compliance through manipulation of symbolic rewards
d. Ensures that a supervisor can oversee limited subordinates effectively
e. Management principle in which each subordinate reports to only one superior
f. Toleration of minor prison resident infractions to maintain order
g. Behavior violation of department policy
-Administrative control theory

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Quiz 13: Institutional Management

How is coercive power used in the correctional system? What are the major issues that constrain the use of coercive power by prison officials?

How do you think power can be used to lead to a more secure and productive correctional setting? Be sure to fully explain your answer.

are behaviors that blur, minimize, or disrupt the social distance between prison staff and prison residents, resulting in infractions of departmental policy.

Would you become a correctional officer? Why or why not? Be sure to address the drawbacks, distinct challenges, and positive features of such work. Explain the type of job assignment you would prefer, and which you would want to avoid.

Officers are permitted to use reasonable to protect themselves from imminent harm or violence.

Discuss the challenges officers face when attempting to gain compliance. What strategies are used by officers and administrators to gain compliance?

What strategies are used by officers and administrators to gain compliance from incarcerated individuals? Which do you believe is the most effective and which is the least effective? Be sure to fully explain your answer.

List and discuss the negative consequences of boundary violations and job stress on correctional officers and staff.

Prison is the sound and firm management of prison residents and staff.

A between prison administration and employees stipulates the rights and obligations of each side; thus, a warden cannot simply dictate working conditions.

If you were a prison warden, how would you address issues of boundary violations between staff and prison residents?

Describe who becomes a correctional officer and why. What draws people to this type of work?