Discussion – Chapter 9 of your textbook identifies eight correctional

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Chapter 9 of your textbook identifies eight correctional officer personalities. These include:

  1. The dictator.
  2. The friend.
  3. The merchant.
  4. The turnkey.
  5. The climber.
  6. The reformer.
  7. The do-gooder.
  8. The problem correctional officer (Schmalleger. 2021).

For the purpose of this discussion post, you are to imagine yourself as a correctional officer.

Please respond to the following in a substantive post:

  • Which of these correctional officer personalities do you think best describes the role you would assume on the job? How so?
    • If none of these personalities applies to you, what personality would best describe you if you were serving as a correctional officer?
  • What strengths would your personality type bring to the job?
    • Be sure to provide specifics.
  • How could your personality type hinder your effectiveness as a correctional officer?
    • Be sure to provide specifics.
  • How could you counterbalance some of these hindrances?

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