Journal Reference Summary

Kayla Brewer
College Writing 1
Dr. Dawn Walts
11/10/2014

I will be using a few of these articles to put into my paper, but the last one is the main one I will be using.

Discrimination against criminals from the public – Sex offenders most likely won’t be rented homes or apartments by landlords when they reenter the community. Those who do find housing can be driven out of town by evictions. Employers are also reluctant to hire sex offenders, making it hard for them to become a part of the community again.

Willis, Gwenda M., Jill S. Levenson, and Tony Ward. "Desistance and Attitudes Towards Sex Offenders: Facilitation or Hindrance?" ProQuest. Springer Science & Business Media, 12 May 2010. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.

Attitudes of correctional nurses were found to be more negative towards inmates than any other group interviewed that works in the correctional system.

Shields, Kristine E., and Dorothy De Moya. "Correctional Health Care Nurses' Attitudes Toward Inmates." Correctional Health Care Nurses' Attitudes Toward Inmates. N.p., 2013. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.

The definition of police corruption given in this article is as follows: 1) The actions must involve individuals who function as employees. 2) The action must be in violation of the formal rules of the organization. 3) The offense must involve an employee receiving some personal material gain for the misuse of one’s office. Information on corruption in prison is limited because it is a report from an employee of the state/federal system, rather than an inmate who experienced the corruption firsthand. Corruption includes theft, trafficking, embezzlement, and misuse of authority. When an official uses any method against inmates to achieve personal gain this is corruption. The article talks about malfeasance and misfeasance, which are different ways officials are deemed corrupt. Misfeasance is an act in which an officer may lawfully do, but they abuse their power in doing it.  Malfeasance is a wrongful act in which their power is improperly used. A lot of prison corruption comes from the bad environment the workers have to work in, and the low pay they receive for working in those conditions.

MCarthy, Bernard J. "Keeping an Eye on the Keeper: Prison Corruption and Its Control." Sage Journals. Sagepublications.com, 1 Jan. 1984. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.