Behind the Walls: Inmates and Correctional Officers on the State of Canadian Prisons
- ISBN-10
- 0774833572
- ISBN-13
- 9780774833578
- Series
- Behind the Walls
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-11-01
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Author
- Michael Weinrath
Description
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 boundary violations by officers 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.
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- 2012-11-28
- 90 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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- 2006
- 384 pages
- Paperback
- Feldheim Publishers
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- 2002
- 218 pages
- Ebook
- University of North Texas Press
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