Wk 5 – Discussion – Communication Strategies [due Mon]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   How would your communication methods differ between communicating with other staff members and communicating with inmates and offenders? Why? What […]

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Wk 4 – Discussion – Ethical Decision Making [due Mon]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   Why is it necessary to maintain boundaries between correctional staff and inmates? What are specific instances where an inmate or […]

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Wk 3 – Discussion – Communication Style [due Mon]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   Which principles of interpersonal communication do you find most effective in your current professional setting? Why? Include specific examples of […]

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Wk 2 – Discussion – Negotiation Techniques [due Mon]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   When would you use negotiation techniques with inmates? What types of techniques would you use? How would you know if […]

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Wk 1 – Discussion – Basic Communication Skills [due Mon]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   What basic communication skills apply to the field of corrections? Should all candidates preparing for this career field be required […]

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Wk 4 – Discussion – Discrimination and how it Applies to Prison [due Thurs]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Due Thursday Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: Watch this video: https://youtu.be/5NHeFgaVWs8 Describe the experiment you’ve just seen, explain how this could be used to illustrate a point in the […]

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Wk 3 – Discussion – Cultural Beliefs and Violence? [due Thurs]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Also, Please feel free (and indeed feel encouraged) in this thread to post responses and commentary to this week’s reading assignments, as well as the dicussion prompt below. Due Thursday Respond to the […]

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Wk 2 – Discussion – Social Psych & Cognitive Dissonance [due Thurs]

Discussion Topic Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students. Also, Please feel free (and indeed feel encouraged) in this thread to post responses and commentary to this week’s reading assignments, as well as the dicussion prompt below. Due Thursday This is a […]

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