Corrections: The Essentials
Third Edition
Learning Objectives
- Compare what makes work a profession as opposed to just a job
- Describe the effect of growth in staff and clients or inmates
- Explain the importance of education and training in the correctional field
- Describe how and why demographic factors affect corrections
- Identify what correctional roles are
- Describe the influence of subculture and socialization on correctional officers
- Discuss why correctional staff might abuse power and experience stress and burnout