Discussion - Chapter 9 of your textbook identifies eight correctional

Discussion Post

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?