CJS 200 Week 8 CheckPoint Violent Behavior Response

CJS 200 Week 8 CheckPoint Violent Behavior Response

Write a 200- to 300-word response in which you describe some of the reasons for violent behavior in prisons. Include the following components:

Violent behavior among prisoners

Violent behavior between inmates and staff

Strategies for responding to violent behavior

How violent behavior affects incarceration length

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Sample Answer

Week 8 CheckPoint: Violent Behavior Response

In the prison systems violent behavior among inmates has become a lot worse, one of the greatest reason for this is because many inmates that are already serving time long-term Or have a life time prison term feel they have nothing to lose but more to gain using violence for control and survival among other inmates.From prison gangs to inmates who have been violent offenders there is pretty much nothing to hold them back from enforcing their own rules and terms for living with in the prison community. Establishing respect and control of your own life behind prison walls is enough to force any new comer to using violence in order to survive.The violence does not end between inmates, the prison staff are caught in between the violence also violence among the staff and prisoners are a problem as well. Many…………….