Chapter 9 of your textbook identifies eight correctional officer personalities. These include:
The dictator.
The friend.
The merchant.
The turnkey.
The climber.
The reformer.
The do-gooder.
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?
