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Assignment 3: Concerns for Corrections Staff and Inmates

Due Week 7 and worth 150 points

Use your state’s Department of Corrections Website, as well as the Strayer Library, to research the roles of correctional staff within the correctional organization.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Distinguish between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and discuss the importance of each.
2. Rank the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Provide a rationale for your ranking.
3. Prioritize the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Speculate on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Justify your response.
4. It is widely known that corrections personnel often experience “compassion fatigue” or the reduced capacity to be empathetic of an offender’s circumstance. Speculate on both the reason for such indifference and the long term consequence of such behavior. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
• Analyze the operational components of prisons, jails, and alternative correctional placements.
• Classify inmate types, explaining the issues involved and the purposes served within prison society by various types.
• Examine gender issues involved in corrections.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in correctional facility policies.
• Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

 

Assignment 3: Concerns for Corrections Staff and Inmates

Due Week 7 and worth 150 points

Use your state’s Department of Corrections Website, as well as the Strayer Library, to research the roles of correctional staff within the correctional organization.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Distinguish between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and discuss the importance of each.
2. Rank the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Provide a rationale for your ranking.
3. Prioritize the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Speculate on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Justify your response.
4. It is widely known that corrections personnel often experience “compassion fatigue” or the reduced capacity to be empathetic of an offender’s circumstance. Speculate on both the reason for such indifference and the long term consequence of such behavior. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
• Analyze the operational components of prisons, jails, and alternative correctional placements.
• Classify inmate types, explaining the issues involved and the purposes served within prison society by various types.
• Examine gender issues involved in corrections.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in correctional facility policies.
• Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

 

Assignment 3: Concerns for Corrections Staff and Inmates

Due Week 7 and worth 150 points

Use your state’s Department of Corrections Website, as well as the Strayer Library, to research the roles of correctional staff within the correctional organization.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Distinguish between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and discuss the importance of each.
2. Rank the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Provide a rationale for your ranking.
3. Prioritize the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Speculate on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Justify your response.
4. It is widely known that corrections personnel often experience “compassion fatigue” or the reduced capacity to be empathetic of an offender’s circumstance. Speculate on both the reason for such indifference and the long term consequence of such behavior. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
• Analyze the operational components of prisons, jails, and alternative correctional placements.
• Classify inmate types, explaining the issues involved and the purposes served within prison society by various types.
• Examine gender issues involved in corrections.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in correctional facility policies.
• Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

 

 

Points: 150	Assignment 3: Concerns for Corrections Staff and Inmates
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Distinguish between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and discuss the importance of each. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely distinguished between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and did not submit or incompletely discussed the importance of each.	Insufficiently distinguished between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and insufficiently discussed the importance of each.	Partially distinguished between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and partially discussed the importance of each.	Satisfactorily distinguished between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and satisfactorily discussed the importance of each.	Thoroughly distinguished between administrative staff, program staff, and custodial staff; and thoroughly discussed the importance of each.
2. Rank the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Provide a rationale for your ranking. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely ranked the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your ranking.	Insufficiently ranked the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Insufficiently provided a rationale for your ranking.	Partially ranked the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Partially provided a rationale for your ranking.	Satisfactorily ranked the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your ranking.	Thoroughly ranked the four (4) types of power available to correctional staff in order of importance (one [1] being the most important, four [4] being the least important). Thoroughly provided a rationale for your ranking.
3. Prioritize the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Speculate on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Justify your response. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely prioritized the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Did not submit or incompletely speculated on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response.	Insufficiently prioritized the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Insufficiently speculated on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Insufficiently justified your response.	Partially prioritized the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Partially speculated on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Partially justified your response.	Satisfactorily prioritized the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Satisfactorily speculated on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Satisfactorily justified your response.	Thoroughly prioritized the following corrections staff concerns, with one (1) being the most important and four (4), the least important: funding, radical inmates, multi-generations, and mental health issues in order of importance. Thoroughly speculated on the major impact, whether negative or positive, that each concern will have on corrections staff overall. Thoroughly justified your response.
4. It is widely known that corrections personnel often experience “compassion fatigue” or the reduced capacity to be empathetic of an offender’s circumstance. Speculate on both the reason for such indifference and the long term consequence of such behavior. Provide a rationale for your response. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely speculated on both the reason for “compassion fatigue” and the long term consequence of such behavior. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.	Insufficiently speculated on both the reason for “compassion fatigue” and the long term consequence of such behavior. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.	Partially speculated on both the reason for “compassion fatigue” and the long term consequence of such behavior. Partially provided a rationale for your response.	Satisfactorily speculated on both the reason for “compassion fatigue” and the long term consequence of such behavior. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.	Thoroughly speculated on both the reason for “compassion fatigue” and the long term consequence of such behavior. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.
5. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present