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.