Chapter
2: PUNISHMENTS: A BRIEF HISTORY
Ethical Dilemma 2-1
Annotation: In light of tight state
budgets and overcrowded prisons, should governors use
their authority to provide early release for some
inmates? If so, under what circumstances?
Ethical Dilemma 2-2
Annotation: You are the warden of
the only medium security prison in your state. Your
nephew is sentenced to serve 10 years in your
institution. Using the ACA Code of Ethics as a guide,
determine what ethical issues you will
face.
Ethical Dilemma 2-3
Annotation: One of your fellow
correctional officers accepts candy and snacks from
one of the inmates. She doesn't ask for the
snacks, nor does she do any favors for the
inmate. Should you report this activity?
Will you report? Using the ACA Code of Ethics,
determine the ethical issues, if any, involved in
this behavior.
Chapter
4: DIVERSION AND PROBATION: HOW MOST
OFFENDERS ARE PUNISHED
Ethical Dilemma 4-1
Annotation: Does gender or
celebrity status play a role in who gets
probation?
Ethical Dilemma 4-2
Annotation: Should
probation officers be advocates for
sentencing reform? Why or why not? What
are the issues?
Chapter
6: JAILS:
WAY STATIONS ALONG THE JUSTICE
HIGHWAY
Ethical
Dilemma 6-1
Annotation: Female
offenders have an average of 2.5
children. Rising numbers of
incarcerated, pregnant, or
parenting women being sentenced
to jail have resulted in many
more children being separated
from their mothers. Should jail
administrators concern
themselves with providing
services for families of jail
inmates?
Ethical
Dilemma 6-2 and 6-2A
Annotation:
Sometimes administrators must
make hard decisions when faced
with budget cuts. As a jail
administrator, you must cut
one position, either a
correctional officer or
teacher. Which position will
you cut?
Chapter
8: PAROLE: EARLY
RELEASE AND
REINTEGRATION
Ethical
Dilemma
8-1
Annotation:
Offenders often leave
prison without job
skills, money or
personal coping skills.
Should they be released
on parole? Is parole
working? What can
agencies do to assist
parolees?
Ethical
Dilemma 8-2
Annotation:
A woman with young
children is a repeat
offender who has again
violated her parole.
Should she remain in
the community or
should she return to
prison? What are the
issues? Should a
parolee's gender make
a difference in
treatment?
Chapter
9:
THE STAFF WORLD:
MANAGING THE PRISON
ENVIRONMENT
Ethical
Dilemma 9-1
Annotation:
There are reports
that find sexual
misconduct is a
problem in prisons
for women. These
reports state that
male staff victimize
women inmates.
Should only female
staff work in
prisons for women?
Ethical
Dilemma
9-2
Annotation:
Stress among
correctional staff
is widespread and
your facility has
a stress-reduction
program. You are
feeling very
stressed, but you
are afraid to take
advantage of the
program, thinking
it may reflect
poorly on you at
promotion time. Do
you participate in
the program
anyway?
SPECIAL
TOPIC: PROFESSIONALISM
IN CORRECTIONS
Ethical
Dilemma ST-1
Annotation:
Why do
corrections
officers need
a code of
ethics that is
somewhat
distinct from
that of
traditional
law
enforcement
officers?
How do the
ethical
challenges of
being a
uniformed
police officer
compare with
those of being
a corrections
officer? What
are some of
the ethical
challenges
that confront
corrections
officers that
are not
generally a
concern for
uniformed
police?
Ethical
Dilemma ST-2
Annotation:
In what way
does the job
of corrections
officer
require more
professionalism
than it did
fifty years
ago?
What can be
done to help
foster more
professionalism
within the
ranks of
corrections
officers?
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by Frank
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