What are three causes of stress for correctional officers?

What will be an ideal response?


• Organizational sources of stress include understaffing, overtime, shift work, and supervisor demands. Work-related sources of stress include the threat of violence, inmate demands and manipulations, and problems with co-workers. Finally, there is stress from outside the system such as poor public image and poor pay.

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Which of Marquart’s (1986) forms of coercion was used for minor offenses?

a. counseling b. tune-up c. ass whippings d. both Counseling and Tune-up

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The ________ is the titular head of the intelligence community.

What will be an ideal response?

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If there is a negative relationship between social capital and crime, crime might be reduced by:

a. Increasing social capital b. Decreasing social capital c. Using a deductive strategy d. Not enough information provided

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According to Hirschi, structured conventional activities take away chances to offend. What social bond is he referring to?

a. Attachment b. Commitment c. Involvement d. Belief

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