NC Correctional officer Final Exam 129 /
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teamwork -
✔️2 or more individuals working towards a common goal
Stewardship -
✔️When you love someone/something you take care of and protect it. Taking good care of
something you value
Two social structures that exist in a prison: -
✔️Formal/official and informal/unofficial
Formal/official social structure -
✔️Consists of rules and procedures established by local, state, or federal authorities
Informal/unoffical -
✔️Prison subculture
Subculture -
✔️Group within a society that has its own set of customs, attitudes, and values often accompanied
by jargon and slang.
Deprivation Model of Prison Subculture -
✔️Prisoners adapt to a new way of life due to deprivations faced in prison
Importation Model of Prison Subculture -
✔️Offenders bring values, roles, and behaviors with them from the outside world when they enter
prison
,Elements of prison code -
✔️Don't interfere, don't whine, don't rat, don't break your word, don't be a sucker
How many roles do offenders adapt to while in prison subculture according to the State of NC? -
✔️10
Mean dude (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Doesn't care about rules, getting status with peers is the goal
Pleasure seeker (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Contraband is everything; "the candyman"
Opportunist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Takes advantage of life in prison (trade programs etc.)
Retreatist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Psychologically retreats; abuses drugs and alcohol often leading to depression
Legalist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️"Prison lawyer"; inmate who knows policy and helps inmates with legal advice
Radical (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Society is the oppressor; political prisoners
Realist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Do the crime pay the fine
Colonist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Prison is home
Religious (offender prison subculture) -
, ✔️Born again, naive
gang banger (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Part of a gang for service and protection
How many roles do officers tend to take on in order to socialize -
✔️6
Dictator (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Hides behind fear, abuses power
friend (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Undue, young and inexperienced
Merchant (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Smuggles contraband
Turn key (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Little care, interested in retiring
Climber (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Opportunist;interested in advancement
Reformer (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Naive, religious
Techniques involved in a 'setup' of a staff member -
✔️Body language, listening, verbal, and action observation
Three categories of staff targeted for manipulation -
✔️Hard- strict in rules, excessive
Study Guide Questions and Answers Latest
2025
teamwork -
✔️2 or more individuals working towards a common goal
Stewardship -
✔️When you love someone/something you take care of and protect it. Taking good care of
something you value
Two social structures that exist in a prison: -
✔️Formal/official and informal/unofficial
Formal/official social structure -
✔️Consists of rules and procedures established by local, state, or federal authorities
Informal/unoffical -
✔️Prison subculture
Subculture -
✔️Group within a society that has its own set of customs, attitudes, and values often accompanied
by jargon and slang.
Deprivation Model of Prison Subculture -
✔️Prisoners adapt to a new way of life due to deprivations faced in prison
Importation Model of Prison Subculture -
✔️Offenders bring values, roles, and behaviors with them from the outside world when they enter
prison
,Elements of prison code -
✔️Don't interfere, don't whine, don't rat, don't break your word, don't be a sucker
How many roles do offenders adapt to while in prison subculture according to the State of NC? -
✔️10
Mean dude (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Doesn't care about rules, getting status with peers is the goal
Pleasure seeker (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Contraband is everything; "the candyman"
Opportunist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Takes advantage of life in prison (trade programs etc.)
Retreatist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Psychologically retreats; abuses drugs and alcohol often leading to depression
Legalist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️"Prison lawyer"; inmate who knows policy and helps inmates with legal advice
Radical (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Society is the oppressor; political prisoners
Realist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Do the crime pay the fine
Colonist (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Prison is home
Religious (offender prison subculture) -
, ✔️Born again, naive
gang banger (offender prison subculture) -
✔️Part of a gang for service and protection
How many roles do officers tend to take on in order to socialize -
✔️6
Dictator (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Hides behind fear, abuses power
friend (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Undue, young and inexperienced
Merchant (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Smuggles contraband
Turn key (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Little care, interested in retiring
Climber (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Opportunist;interested in advancement
Reformer (officer prison subculture) -
✔️Naive, religious
Techniques involved in a 'setup' of a staff member -
✔️Body language, listening, verbal, and action observation
Three categories of staff targeted for manipulation -
✔️Hard- strict in rules, excessive
