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Career in Corrections Today
As with many other careers, there are a host of factors to consider when determining the right career choice for an individual. What makes the decision to choose corrections different is the level of personal risk involved in working within the prison system. Corrections is a life and death job and corrections officers are 'in the belly of the beast' on a daily basis. There is a heightened level of stress associated with this kind of career choice, and any individual considering must understand how they personally deal with stress in order to ensure longevity in their career.
The pros and cons must certainly be weighed. Corrections, in many states, is not a high paying job, therefore, there are economic considerations that must be made....
Longevity in corrections is contingent in many ways on the individual. Retirement from corrections with a pension is possible but a number of tenuous years must be put in before this can be considered a reality. There has to be more to it than money that attracts an individual to corrections and that person needs to be clear about what that is and whether or not it is enough to sustain them through the rough times.
"Each guard is far outnumbered by prisoners and the need to coexist for months and years with prisoners places a premium on maturity, leadership, self-confidence, judgment, and effective interpersonal relations" (Jacobs, 1983). Given the aforementioned statement, an individual considering a career in corrections must possess these qualities in order to be effective and have a productive career. It requires a great deal of personal assessment to determine if corrections is the right career choice.
Works Cited
Jacobs, J. (1983). New perspectives on prisons and imprisonment. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
Works Cited
Jacobs, J. (1983). New perspectives on prisons and imprisonment. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
The goal especially at this Behavior Intensity level is to provide corrective action rather than punitive. This can be initiated by the use of visual or non-verbal prompts, proximity or even a subtle verbal warning. The goal is to alert the student to the 'annoying' behavior and to demonstrate that this behavior won't be accepted without yet resorting to punishment. For the student that insists on either becoming distracted easily
Social equity is a key issue of public administration and forms the basic theme of the 2013 "Social Equity Leadership Conference," in June. This white paper discusses the key goals of the conference based on the conference issue for social equity as global engagement and local responsibility. These are the issue facing social equity among domestic and global public leaders in public and private agencies in the education, immigration,
Paraphila The ancient philosopher Plato claimed that all immoral behavior was the result of some disorder in the soul (Gert and Culver, 2009, p. 489). Although very few people now hold this view, deviant sexual behavior is often considered symptomatic of a mental disorder. However, not all deviant behaviors fit the clinical definition. For example, if a heterosexual man becomes aroused by dressing in women's clothing, it is considered by most
Productivity-Education/Craft/Trade -- a key to being able to stop the return to the penal system is to provide training necessary to allow the individual to find work after leaving prison. Not only is it extremely tough to get a job as a convicted felon, but the skills necessary to get a job that will afford a decent living are tough to get in prison. Earning a degree either online or
(1999) which are: 1) Those with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder with major depression and who use alcohol and drugs to self-mediate to cope with the symptoms; and 2) Those with borderline personality and anti-social personality disorders including anxiety disorder that is complicated by use of alcohol and illicit drugs. (Mather et al. 1999) Presenting further difficulty is the establishment of problems with alcohol and illicit drug use
" (Finnerty, 2008) It is reported that those who suffer from co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse problems are also likely to be homeless. According to the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians' Network (2000) "Co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse makes it more likely that people will be chronically homeless." (cited in Finnerty, 2008) Factors that are known to contribute to homelessness in those with co-occurring mental illness and