Assignment Instructions/ Description
Discussion - Week 3COLLAPSESocialization of Criminal Justice Professionals
Organizational culture consists of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs. Each member of an organization is socialized to become accustomed to and behave in accordance with its culture. In criminal justice organizations, socialization may occur both formally and informally. For instance, police academy recruits may learn the chain of command through formal training but may learn how to communicate with witnesses through an implicit or informal process.
Socialization may elicit positive or negative behaviors among criminal justice professionals. For example, police officers may be socialized to provide superior protection for particular groups over others, or they may be socialized to bend rules or take shortcuts in certain situations. Given the impact of socialization on the behavior of criminal justice professionals, managers and administrators must ensure the socialization process is positive and supports the goals and values of the organization; otherwise, aberrant (deviant) behaviors are likely to dominate an organization's culture and weaken its integrity.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the article "The Asshole." Focus on the formal and informal types of socialization that occur in police organizations.
Review the Chapter 9 presentation and Chapter 9 in the course text, Criminal Justice Organizations: Administration and Management. Reflect on the socialization process, and consider its impact on the behavior of criminal justice professionals.
Think about the ways managers and leaders in criminal justice can positively affect the socialization process.
Select a professional criminal justice role (e.g., correctional officer, police officer, warden, sheriff, judge, prosecutor, etc.) to use for this Discussion.
Think about how individuals in the role you selected are socialized.
Consider how criminal justice managers and administrators might positively affect the socialization process.With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4 an explanation of how individuals in the criminal justice role you selected are socialized. Then explain how socialization might influence positive and negative behaviors of individuals in this role. Finally, explain one way criminal justice managers and leaders might positively affect the socialization process. Be specific.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Read a selection of your colleagues' postings.
Respond by Day 6 to at least one of your colleagues who chose a different theory. Respond in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a probing question.
Share an insight from having read your colleague's posting.
Offer and support an opinion.
Validate an idea with your own experience.
Make a suggestion.
Expand on your colleague's posting.Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues' comments.
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