CRJ 330: Comparative Criminal Justice Week 8 Discussion Part 1: Please respond to the following: Compare and contrast the prevalence of organized crime in two of the following global regions: North America, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Determine each global region's response to organized crime, and examine the correlation between this response and the prevalence of organized crime in the region. Part 2: Student Response Amber McCoy RE: Week 8 Discussion Hello everyone, In Europe, the impact and influence of organized crime within European Union has increased over the past fifteen years. Many non-European groups operate in Europe because it is a highly developed continent and has a high demand and money to provide illegal goods and services. Unlike other countries, these criminals do not specialize in anything specific, they operate by seeking opportunities where supply and demand warrant. In Asia, it is quite different. Corrupt governments and a geographical location between major drug producing regions place Asia at high risk for organized crime problems. One of the major issues/crimes in Asia, is kidnapping and human trafficking, and unfortunately many officials seen it as only smuggling and is not seen as a high priority in Asia, only because there was little to no coercion, the authorities do not take it seriously. Even though they agreed that the human trafficking was indeed organized, they did not believe it was a form of organized crime, because the operations were small in size. Fortunately, many countries saw organized crime as a real problem area and decided to establish different organizations to help combat organized crime and the groups who participate in these illegal activities. In 2003, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime was implemented. In Canada, they opened an integrated operational center of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit/Integrated National Security Enforcement, which permits many agencies to work together and share information which helps agencies take down transnational organized crime. In Japan, a joint effort launched by the government agencies and private citizens came way where they shut down shops that were not legitimate and replaced them with businesses that were. CRJ 410: Corrections Assignment 3: Concerns for Corrections Staff and Inmates Due Week 8 and worth 200 points Use your state's Department of Corrections website, as well as the Strayer University Online Library (https://research.strayer.edu) to research the roles of correctional staff within the correctional organization. Write a 3-to 5-page paper in which you: Discuss the correctional facility staff hierarchy of a correctional facility and the four main goals of correctional staff members. Distinguish between the four main goals and discuss the importance of each. Rank the five types of power available to correctional staff in order of effectiveness in managing inmate behavio.

1. CRJ 330: Comparative Criminal Justice
Week 8 Discussion
Part 1: Please respond to the following:
Compare and contrast the prevalence of organized crime in two
of the following global regions: North America, Africa, Europe,
Latin America, and Asia.
Determine each global region's response to organized crime, and
examine the correlation between this response and the
prevalence of organized crime in the region.
Part 2: Student Response
Amber McCoy
RE: Week 8 Discussion
Hello everyone,
In Europe, the impact and influence of organized crime within
European Union has increased over the past fifteen years. Many
non-European groups operate in Europe because it is a highly
developed continent and has a high demand and money to
provide illegal goods and services. Unlike other countries, these
criminals do not specialize in anything specific, they operate by
seeking opportunities where supply and demand warrant. In
Asia, it is quite different. Corrupt governments and a
geographical location between major drug producing regions
place Asia at high risk for organized crime problems. One of the
major issues/crimes in Asia, is kidnapping and human
trafficking, and unfortunately many officials seen it as only
smuggling and is not seen as a high priority in Asia, only

2. because there was little to no coercion, the authorities do not
take it seriously. Even though they agreed that the human
trafficking was indeed organized, they did not believe it was a
form of organized crime, because the operations were small in
size. Fortunately, many countries saw organized crime as a real
problem area and decided to establish different organizations to
help combat organized crime and the groups who participate in
these illegal activities. In 2003, the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime was implemented. In
Canada, they opened an integrated operational center of the
Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit/Integrated National
Security Enforcement, which permits many agencies to work
together and share information which helps agencies take down
transnational organized crime. In Japan, a joint effort launched
by the government agencies and private citizens came way
where they shut down shops that were not legitimate and
replaced them with businesses that were.
CRJ 410: Corrections
Assignment 3: Concerns for Corrections Staff and Inmates
Due Week 8 and worth 200 points
Use your state's Department of Corrections website, as well as
the Strayer University Online Library
(https://research.strayer.edu) to research the roles of
correctional staff within the correctional organization.
Write a 3-to 5-page paper in which you:
Discuss the correctional facility staff hierarchy of a correctional
facility and the four main goals of correctional staff members.
Distinguish between the four main goals and discuss the
importance of each.
Rank the five types of power available to correctional staff in

3. order of effectiveness in managing inmate behavior (one [1]
being the most effective, five [5] being the least effective).
Provide a rationale for your ranking.
Identify and analyze the factors that have contributed to
correctional officer corruption within correctional facilities.
Provide an example of a correctional officer engaged in
corruption from within the last three years to support your
response.
Examine the underlying factors and symptoms of stress for
correctional officers and analyze the methods that correctional
officers use to deal with stress and the effectiveness of these
methods. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other
websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
This course requires that citations and references follow the
Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than
others Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to
review the SWS documentation for details.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
Analyze the operational components of prisons, jails, and

4. alternative correctional placements.
Classify inmate types, explaining the issues involved and the
purposes served within prison society by various types.
Examine gender issues involved in corrections.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
correctional facility policies.
Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies
using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the following rubric.
CRJ 410: Corrections
Week 8 | Discussion
Part 1: “The Staff World: Managing the Prison Population"
Please respond to the following:
Examine the significance of correctional staff issues on their
ability to do their job. Then choose and analyze two
correctional staff issues that you believe are most significant.
Lastly, recommend actions that the correctional staff can take in
order to minimize or overcome the issue. Provide a rationale for
your response.
Part 2: Student Response
Vanessa Williams
RE: Week 8 | Discussion
Staff Retention Issue
Correction employees work around some of the most dangerous
members of our society. Therefore, the safety of officers and
other staff is a major concern for employees, families,

5. communities, and administrators.
Maintaining staff is an ongoing issue for the criminal justice
system. The dangers of working as a correctional office exceed
the salary and benefits. Many employees leave correctional
positions because of the dangers they must face daily as they try
to manage inmates.
Prison guards have a starting salary of around $36,000, which
maxes out at $43,000 after 7.5 years. Correctional officers earn
$17 to $18 an hour to put their lives at risk.
Salary and safety cause increased staff turnover, while the
correctional staff is required to enter a locked building, that is
stuffed with conflicting people who are always considering
ways to hurt other people. The reality of the correctional
officer’s job increases stress levels as they are continuously
exposed to possible danger.
To help reduce turn over there should be a system of reinforcing
staff mental and intellectual fortitude. Most prisons do not have
offices for management in the same building as inmates and
correctional officers. This does not allow productive
interaction and communication exchange between correctional
officers and management.
Staff Safety Issue
Staff safety and inmate violence are linked and both deserve
being examined together as a combined interest. Inmate
violence, among the more dangerous sections of the prison
residents, presents problems for both inmates and staff.
The most threatening inmates are the ones correctional
institutions must keep for extended periods; allows constant
brutality within prisons. The correctional officer must control
aggressive inmates, while do so puts the correctional staff at
risk of being hurt or killed.
Inmates not only target one another but correctional officers
also. Because the prison system requires an overhaul, older
prisoners come to know and exploit the system, which puts staff

6. at greater risk for harm.
The correctional officer’s safety will be improved by a lack of
avoiding smugness, by not being bias to any inmate or race and
being professional at all times. I have seen other officers who
had been on the job for many years act like it is their job to add
to the punishment of the inmate.
In all situations safety is an attitude that should be used at all
times while inside of the institution. The reality of the kind of
people being managed should not be forgotten. Correctional
officers must keep their guards up mentally, emotionally, and
physically. There is a need to remember to be professional,
follow policies, and go home at the end of their shift.