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

Weinrath, Michael, author

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\"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.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Subject: Prisoners Canada. / Correctional personnel Canada. / Prisoners Canada Attitudes. / Correctional personnel Canada Attitudes. / Prisons Canada. / Correctional institutions Canada. / Corrections Canada. / Prisoners Canada Social conditions. / Correctional personnel Canada Social conditions.
• ISBN: 9780774833547, 0774833548

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HV9507.W44 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE