“Hesitation Gets You Killed:” Perceived Vulnerability as an Axiomatic Feature of Correctional Officer Working Personalities Georgy Dakhil University of Central Florida Research Methods in CJ: 4701 Nicholas Paul 4/1/2024. “Hesitation Gets You Killed” The article "Hesitation Gets You Killed" takes a deep dive into what goes on in the minds of correctional officers. It suggests that feeling vulnerable is part of the job, not just something that comes from the tough work environment. In this critique…
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is a largely diverse group of personal that defends what is perceived as right and just. With this multitude of personalities, cultures, and ethics there must be a successful plan of operations and procedures. This is true for the nation’s correctional departments that house the individuals that cannot maintain a socially acceptable behavior. The organizational behavior for a correctional facility must accommodate a plethora of individuals, and maintain the trust of the public. The safety relies on…
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Roles of Correction Officers Lenora Wallace CRJ 303 Corrections (BLL1439A) Instructor, James Alexander October 13, 2014 Correctional officer are responsible for overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial or who have been sentenced to serve time in a jail or prison. (U.S. Department of Labor, 2014-15) Working in a correctional institution can be stressed and dangerous. Correctional officers and jailer have one of the highest rates of injuries and illness, often resulting…
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Finally, Stickrath and Sheppard (2004) discussed creative ways to recruit and hire candidates for the California Correctional system. They focused on the cognitive abilities in the workplace. For example, two cognitive areas they examined were one's ability to pass every job performance, and whether that should be expected at the time of hire or could it be trained (Stickrath & Sheppard, 2004). This is an important step when identifying what knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics…
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today that the correctional system has been fine-tuned in professionalism which mean a set of strengths and personal values for adding the best quality of service to others in any line of work or organization (Siegel, L., 2014). However, both employee and employer must acknowledge that these new and better characteristics will take a while and not come overnight (Siegel, L., 2014). Accomplishment these goals brought about the need for extensive training for the correctional officers as well as the…
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Background Many of offenders among Ontario correctional institutes had history of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) once or more in their life. They live with problems related to traumatic brain injury. There are several studies done in American jails and prisons showed that about 25-87% of prisoners had history of traumatic brain injury1. In contrast, about 8.5% of general population had experienced traumatic brain injury1. Another study done in a sample prison in Ontario discovered that about more than…
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within prisons and jails has changed the way these institutions handle their day to day operations. From screening processes to treatments and how correctional officers play a major role within these procedures. Merriam-Webster defines mental disorder as “a mental or bodily condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, and emotions to seriously impair the normal psychological functioning of the individual.” Throughout the years mental institutions have been…
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The reason why i want to be a correctional officer is because of my mother. My mother is the one person i look up to and aspire to be in the mist of all things she has done corrections for years at DC Jail. She brung up to me if you don’t like your job why not corrections? Why not go be a correctional officer? So i thought to myself she’s right why not try so that’s what i decided to do. I’m not doing it for money because if i don’t like it the money will never be enough. I’m doing it because i love…
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ex-offenders highlighted (Gunnison, 289). In recent data they found that officers did not see a social disconnect or they did, but strongly felt that ex-offenders used this as an excuse for their criminal behavior (Gunnison, 296). This highlights the “get tough” mentality mentioned in Guy's article. There is a wall between the CCOs and the ex-offenders that does not allow CCOs to build rapport with their clients. After feedback from officers the common denominator was that they all fall under the rational…
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is very important when it comes down to enforcing the law (police officer). Police discretion benefits the overall police function in support of the community goals because it is responsive to the needs of the environments in which police responsibilities function. It provides for the quick, sometimes split second, decision-making process that is involved. It allows for a certain amount of vagueness the law, thereby allowing officers to deal with marginal situations as best meets immediate needs of…
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