The Reproduction of Social Control: A Study of Prison Workers at San Quentin

by Barbara A. Owen

Owen's study is of excellent quality and should be considered required reading for students of these topics. Ultimately this book will be ranked as a significant sociological study of the correctional officer for its pioneering application of the interactionist theoretical perspective to this increasingly visible, yet still little-understood, occupational group. Criminal Justice Review

Based on interviews with 125 prison workers and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275928187
• ISBN13: 9780275928186
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"