Discussion 1: Models of Institutional Control
Evaluate the three different models of institutional control presented in your text: the control model, the responsibility model, and the consensual model. Briefly describe each model and explain which one you think makes the most sense, or argue how each of the models could be used as an effective form of institutionalization.
Discussion 2: Prison Administration
Considering the institutional impediments for the administration of correctional facilities presented in your text (politics, budgets, consent decrees, size of the departments, bureaucracy, etc.), identify the most important goals of prison administrators and describe what factors most impact those administrators in meeting their goals.
ASSIGNMENT: Roles of Corrections Officers
Prepare a paper detailing the role of corrections officials. At a minimum, your paper should explain the corrections officers' place within the social roles of inmates as detailed in your text, and the role of corrections officers within jail and prison administration.