PEN2604 Assignment 2 Semester 1 Memo | Due April 2025

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PEN2604 Assignment 2 Semester 1 Memo | Due April 2025. All questions fully answered. QUESTION 1
You are the head of a correctional centre in South Africa. As a correctional officer
and supervisor, you need special skills and training to deal with offenders and other
correctional officials in a unique working environment. Carefully read through the
case study and then use the content of your study guide for PEN2604 and all
additional resources given to discuss the following topics from your perspective as a
supervisor and correctional official.
CASE STUDY
Ms C is Mr A’s supervisor in a correctional centre. Ms C makes frequent flirtatious
comments when they are alone that make him uncomfortable. Mr A ignores the
comments because he needs the job. Ms C asks Mr A to help her to work on a
project one evening. They meet at her house where she has prepared a romantic
dinner for the two of them. She asks him to give her a back massage and makes
suggestive remarks about taking things further, telling him that he can be promoted
soon if he “plays his cards right”.
1.1 Which form of sexual harassment is depicted in the case study above? Explain
the reasons why you think it is the specific form of harassment that you have
chosen. (15)
1.2 What will you as the supervisor do when there are allegations of sexual
harassment? You can use the Sexual Harassment Act and your study guide
answering this question.
1.3 How could this type of sexual harassment be prevented? (10)
1.4 List and briefly discuss the sources of conflict in a correctional environment.
(10)
(50)
QUESTION 2 2.1 Explain the difference between the motivational-, content-,
process- and reinforcement theories. Give examples of each theory. (15)
2.2 Do research on “Operation Vala” and explain what this operation entails.
Include why the families of inmates must be included in this project. You need to
look at sources other than the study guide and reference them correctly. (15)
2.3 Describe the five (5) basic aspects that movement control directives should cover.
(10)
2.4 Define and explain the difference between health and occupational health. (10)
(50)