Abstract
This paper highlights the challenges that corrections officers often encounter in their jobs. The author provides a definition of the primary duty of corrections officers according to the U.S. Department of Labor and explores the job satisfaction one can derive from this position. The physical and emotional criterion for the position of a corrections officer is likewise briefly described. Additionally, the paper discusses how the financial limitations of an institution's budget can lead to understaffed prisons and very overworked officers, citing Alabama and Florida as examples.

Outline:
Job Satisfaction of Corrections Officers
Job Outlook
Financial Issues
Impact of Financially-Focused Course
Works Cited

From the Paper
"According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the primary duty of corrections officers is to perform the often-stressful work of overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial or who have been convicted of a crime and are sentenced to serve time in a jail, reformatory, or penitentiary. Corrections officers are in charge of monitoring prisoner behavior, ensuring that prisoners do not engage in physical or verbal intimidation in their interactions with one another, or continue their criminal activities behind bars. Officers may also supervise inmates' visits with friends or family members."

Tags:justice system, challenges occupation, budget cutbacks

Abstract
The paper looks at the development of the modern prison and the changing approaches to prison arrangement and management. The paper discusses how prisons' difficult living conditions and lack of funds places considerable pressure on corrections officers and police who must try to rehabilitate and reform prisoners. The paper further demonstrates the enormous pressure on corrections officers by discussing how they must deal with hardened criminals with violent tendencies, while attempting to navigate between these prisoners' constitutional rights and the need of the prison system to maintain order and achieve its objectives. The paper also notes the conflicting demands of the politicians' and public's cry for a war on crime, and the needs of prisoners who either must be rehabilitated or punished.

Outline:
Introduction
History
Background

From the Paper
"The modern prison system is the result of some two hundred years of development. Seeking to eliminate cruel punishments, and to develop a human and scientific approach to the problems of crime and antisocial behavior, reformers created a complex system of institutional incarceration. Wrongdoers would be confined apart from society; their actions carefully controlled. They would either be punished or reformed, in either case incarceration serving as a form of behavior modification. In the case of punishment, prisoners would refrain from the future commission of crimes because of their dread of being excluded from the general society. In the case of reform, prisoners would be subjected to a variety of psychological techniques that would, hopefully, show them the error of their ways, and result in their being turned into upstanding and productive citizens."

Tags:rehabilitation, punishment, crime, personnel, privatization

Abstract
This paper serves as a comprehensive model for the recruitment and training of corrections officers with hopes that the procedures and techniques as listed will gear and motivate corrections officers to perform to the highest standards in fulfilling their job obligations. The author includes tips for the selection process which includes a list of interview questions as well as a training proposal aimed to help trainees adapt and ultimately thrive.

Outline:
Executive Summary
Tips for the selection process
Script for orienting new employees
Training Proposal
Training Narratives
Sources

From the Paper
"Our goal is to prepare a comprehensive model for recruitment and training of Corrections Officers: namely the effective filling of the positions and ranks of Corrections Officers in the interests of maximizing the service that they provide to the community, which at the end of the day is protecting the public, just like any and all other law enforcement officers. Research reveals that the testing process is an essential first round of screening by which officers are certified and qualified for CO careers."

Tags:career development, law enforcement, professionals training development

Abstract
This paper presents an in-depth review of literature looking at the effects and causes of stress among correctional officers. The paper examines literature discussing the theories of stress and burnout, stress among correctional officers, effects of stress on correctional officers, job satisfaction and turnover among correctional officers.

From the Paper
"Specifically, this chapter will include theories of stress and burnout, stress among correctional officers, effects of stress on correctional officers, job satisfaction and turnover among correctional officers and a summary of the chapter. Job related stress has been associated with a vast array of physical diseases and psychological disorders and has been..."

Tags:Corrections

Abstract
The paper presents arguments regarding the morality and legality of the death penalty and argues briefly for its continued presence within the fabric of the contemporary United States justice system. The paper examines the enforcement of the death penalty in the different states and reasons for its use. The paper demonstrates the importance of maintaining the deterrence of correctional officers who face the risk of murder from incarcerated inmates.

Outline:
Overview
The Death Penalty in the United States
Reasons for the Death Penalty
Why Correctional Officers in Prison are Analogous to Police Officers
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The U.S. Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment. What constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is a subjective idea, and has evolved over the course of world and American history, both legally and in terms of public opinion. The appropriateness of punishment is something that evolves in dialogue with the law courts of the land and also in terms of what people believe is fair punishment. At present, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of the death penalty, provided that it is enforced in a fair and equitable manner, and the majority of the United States citizenry has supports the death penalty. Support is growing, rather than sinking. "Support reached an all-time low of 42% in 1966. Throughout the 70s and 80s, the percentage of Americans in favor of the death penalty increased steadily, culminating in an 80% approval rating in 1994"."

Tags:deterrence, retribution, inmates, punishments, police, violence

Abstract
Providing a research proposal on the importance of criminal corrections officers, this paper focus on the training a corrections officer would receive. The purpose of the paper is to look at the past failures as well as methodologies in order to create a fresh perspective on how much training an officer should receive. The main argument for the paper is that in order for the officers to be highly-skilled, they must receive a high amount of training that is specially-funded and developed.

Outline:
Research Problem
Literature Review
Research Procedures

From the Paper
"First of all, Richard P. Seiter, the Executive Vice President and Chief Corrections Officer for the Corrections Corporation of America and former associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at St. Louis University, points out that as of 1981, "the quantity, quality and stability of federally-sponsored correctional training has been greatly enhanced" (1983, p. 72), due to the fact that in the past, correctional facilities and their employees were trained through methods dating back hundreds of years when prisons were seen as places for punishment, rather than as centers for rehabilitation (Seiter, 1983, p. 72). Therefore, by utilizing more modern approaches in the training of corrections personnel, great advances have been made, thus allowing individuals to "make realistic contributions to the overall excellence of a correctional facility," often through the training of state and local managers and those "who in turn can provide training for line personnel" within the walls of a prison, a half-way house or a juvenile facility."

Tags:corrections, criminal justice, probation

Abstract
The paper discusses how keeping the peace, or peacemaking is what most citizens view to be the primary role of law enforcement and corrections officers. However, the paper shows how ideologies of peacemaking entail much more than just arresting criminals and preventing chaos in the streets.

From the Paper
"Keeping the peace, or peacemaking is what most citizens view to be the..."

Tags:criminal justice, ethics, corrections

From the Paper
"This research examines the issue of women in the occupation of corrections officer. The objective of this research is to offer theoretical explanations for the disparity in numbers between female and male position holders in this occupation.

The labor participation rate in the United States is 61.5 percent (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1995, pp. 55-91). For males, the participation rate is 72 percent, while for females, the participation rate is 51.8 percent. Women comprise 43.0 percent of the total American workforce; however, women represent only 15.3 percent of American corrections officers. Currently, a little more than 27,000 of the nation's 180,000 corrections officers and 1,200 adult-prison wardens are women..."

Abstract
In this article, the writer notes that the Florida's Community Corrections system has been challenged by budgetary constraints and shortfalls. The writer analyzes an Internet article on the Florida Office of Community Corrections and its efforts to deal with budget cuts.

From the Paper
"Under Florida law the Office of Community Corrections is charged with supervising offenders placed on community supervision programs including pre-trial intervention probation community control, drug offender probation, sex offender probation and post-release supervision. Like other organizations or agencies subsumed within the criminal justice system, Florida's Community Corrections system has been challenged by budgetary constraints and shortfalls. It is this issue as described by Hieteenthia Hayes, Assistant Secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections that will be investigated herein ..."

Tags:corrections, Office of Community Corrections, budgeting, article, public agencies, public agency, criminal justice

Abstract
This paper briefly discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different correctional methodologies such as three strikes laws, boot camps and ways for improving correctional incarcenation. The paper also mentions challenges facing women who work as correctional officers.

Outline:
Consequences of Three Strikes Laws
Do Boot Camps have a Future in United States Corrections?
What is the Best Solution for Jail Overcrowding?
Describe the Challenges Facing Women Who Work as Correctional Officers.

From the Paper
"Boot Camps can be an intensive six-month program of hard physical labor, academic education, drug treatment, and personal counseling. Inmate's, ages 16 through 39, who were convicted of non-violent crimes and are within three years of release are eligible to participate. Boot camp programs are continually being examined to see what changes need to be made--are the programs working, and should they be continued in the future? But with nearly 36,500 graduates, along with providing its state a savings topping almost $1 billion, the New York State Department of Correctional Services' Prison Boot Camp Program is asserting its right to survive (Coppola, 2008 ). "

Tags:boots, camps, three, strike, jail