Assignment 3: Plan for Recruiting and Training Correctional Staff

Refer to the Overall Scenario for Assignments.

• Before writing the position paper titled Plan for Recruiting and Training Correctional Staff, you should: 
• Read the associated chapters.
• Research the at least three relevant, credible journal articles and two relevant, credible Websites about model facilities and ways to improve correctional facilities in the areas of recruiting and training correctional staff.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Make revisions to Assignment 2(International Crime Witness, Part 1) based on your professor's feedback. 
2. Provide an introduction to your position paper with a clear thesis statement that provides an overview of the paper.
3. Analyze three key issues involved with the correctional staff. Select from the following issues: 

         a. pay
         b. staff safety
         c. stress
         d. gender and staffing
         e. professionalism
         f.  corruption

    4. Recommend three effective management policies and procedures for recruiting and training correctional officers.  
    5. Support your views with at least three relevant and credible references, documented according to APA.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format (latest edition). Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page developed in accordance with the latest edition of APA, including a running head, page number, the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page, revision of the previous assignment, and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

1. Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
2. Propose specific components of an institutional facility model based on effective management policies and procedures for a specified group of inmates.
3. Analyze key issues involved with the correctional staff.
4. Analyze gender issues involved in corrections. (If the paper focuses on gender issues.)
5. Use technology and information resources to research correctional facility policies.
6. Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies using proper writing mechanics.