Situational prison control : crime prevention in correctional institutions /

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Author / Creator:Wortley, Richard (Richard K.)
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Description:xiv, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in criminology
Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4649210
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ISBN:0521804183
0521009405 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures and tables
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I. Theoretical foundations
  • 1. Introduction: why situational prison control?
  • 2. Situational theories of prison behaviour
  • 3. Situational methods of prison control
  • 4. A model of situational prison control
  • Part II. Specific behaviours
  • 5. Prisoner-prisoner violence
  • 6. Sexual assaults
  • 7. Prisoner-staff violence
  • 8. Self-harm
  • 9. Drug use
  • 10. Escapes
  • 11. Collective disorder
  • 12. Conclusions: hard and soft situational prison control
  • List of references
  • Index