Behind the walls: inmates and correctional officers on the state of Canadian prisons

"Despite falling crime rates, more rights for inmates, and better training for correctional officers, Canada's prisons are overflowing, and outbreaks of violence continue to grab headlines. Applying Goffman's frame theory and drawing on interviews with inmates and correctional officer...

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Main Author: Weinrath, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Toronto UBC Press [2016]
Series:Law and society series
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Summary:"Despite falling crime rates, more rights for inmates, and better training for correctional officers, Canada's prisons are overflowing, and outbreaks of violence continue to grab headlines. Applying Goffman's frame theory and drawing on interviews with inmates and correctional officers in provincial and federal prisons, Michael Weinrath offers an unprecedented look at how inmates and officers perceive themselves, their relationships with others, and new developments and ongoing issues in prisons, including behavioural programs, boundary violations by officers, female officers in male prisons, and the rise of prison gangs. Although progress has been made, prisons continue to be plagued by problems that prevent inmates from forging positive relationships among themselves and with correctional officers."...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (Seiten 288-306) and index
Physical Description:viii, 318 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:9780774833554

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