Description
- In a 2-3 page, APA style paper, describe the types of misconduct by community corrections professionals and provide some of the explanations for this misconduct.Examples include:
- Accepting gratuities for special consideration during legitimate activities and for the protection of illicit activities.
- Mistreatment/harassment or extortion of inmates.
- Misc. abuses
- Arbitrary use of power
- Abusing authority for personal gain (possible reasons for misconduct: hiring people that shouldn't work in corrections, officers being stressed and burned out, failure of leadership and lack of discipline, lack of training and lack of organizational support.)
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: TYPES OF MISCONDUCT
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Types of Misconduct
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TYPES OF MISCONDUCT
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Types of Misconduct
While most people expect that individuals working in the correction facilities to
demonstrate the highest level of ethical conduct, this is not always the case. Over the years,
correctional officers have been blamed while others have been convicted for having committed
crimes, often leading to public outcry. Despite numerous ethical codes and investigations being
carried out in our prisons in order to eliminate correctional officers’ misconduct, issues such as
mistreatment of inmates through several forms of punishment and beatings, sexual misconducts,
accepting gratuities for special consideration during legitimate activities and for the protection of
illicit activities, and arbitrary use of power remains common.
One of the most common types of correctional misconduct witnessed in my community
correctional facility is the use of excessive force on inmates. Despite the court ruling in the case
of Hudson v. McMillian (199...
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