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The Working Lives of Prison Managers

Author : Jamie Bennett
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137498951
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Working Lives of Prison Managers written by Jamie Bennett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first ethnographic account of prison managers in England. It explores how globalised changes, in particular managerialism, have intersected with local occupational cultures, positioning managers as micro-agents in the relationship between the global and local that characterises late modernity. The Working Lives of Prison Managers addresses key aspects of prison management, including how individuals become prison managers, their engagement with elements of traditional occupational culture, and the impact of the 'age of austerity'. It offers a particular focus on performance monitoring mechanisms such as indicators, audits and inspections, and how these intersect with local culture and individual identity. The book also examines important aspects of individual agency, including values, discretion, resistance and the use of power. It also reveals the 'hidden injuries' of contemporary prison managerialism, especially the distinctive effects experienced by women and members of minority ethnic groups.

Handbook on Prisons

Author : Yvonne Jewkes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113630830X
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Prisons written by Yvonne Jewkes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive and ambitious book on prisons to have been published, a key text for anybody studying the subject and an essential work of reference for practitioners working in prisons and other parts of the criminal justice system. It is especially timely in view of the many changes and debates about the role of prisons and their future organisation and management as part of the National Offender Management Service. A key aim of the book is to explore a wide range of historical and contemporary issues relating to prisons, imprisonment and prison management, and to chart likely future trends. Chapters in the book are written by leading scholars in the field, and reflect the range and depth of prison research and scholarship. Like the Handbook of Policing and Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety the Handbook on Prisons will be the essential book on the subject.

Prisoners on Prison Films

Author : Jamie Bennett
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030609499
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Prisoners on Prison Films written by Jamie Bennett and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how an audience of men serving sentences in an English prison responded to viewing five contemporary British prison films. It examines how media representations of prison vary in style and content, how film can influence public attitudes, and how this affects people in prison. The book explains the ways in which film acts as a power resource, presenting an ideological vision of criminal justice. The audience used these films to map the social terrain of prison, including issues of power and resistance; race and racism; corruption and the illicit economy; and staff-prisoner relationships, themes which are explored in the films screened. The authors argue that media consumption is one of the ways in which people in prison construct and maintain an ideal of the prisoner culture and what it is to be a ‘prisoner’. The book also reveals the ways in which audience members’ media choices and readings are part of the ongoing process of constructing their self-identity. This book illuminates the complex ways in which media consumption is an integral part of social power, cultural formation and identity construction. Recognising and engaging with audiencehood offers one potential route for supporting more progressive penal practice. This book speaks to those interested in prisons, crime, media and culture, and film studies.

Handbook for Prison Leaders

Author : Vivienne Chin
Publisher : United Nations Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789211302929
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Handbook for Prison Leaders written by Vivienne Chin and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook focuses on an overview of key issues which should be of concern to prison managers and the reforms they must often engage in and promote as prison leaders. It is meant to support a basic five-day training workshop for prison officials responsible for leading and managing prisons in developing and post-conflict countries. It is aimed to explore and understand practical ways in which prison leaders can more effectively implement international standards and norms in the institutions for which they are responsible. The Handbook and the workshop curriculum provide a template to help leaders identify the changes required in their environment and to reflect on the challenges they are likely to encounter in bringing about these changes.

Doing Prison Work

Author : Elaine M Crawley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113599174X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Doing Prison Work written by Elaine M Crawley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a much-needed sociological account of the social world of the English prison officer, making an original contribution to our understanding of the inner life of prisons in general and the working lives of prison officers in particular. As well as revealing how the job of the prison officer - and of the prison itself - is accomplished on a day-to-day basis, the book explores not only what prison officers do but also how they feel about their work. In focusing on how prison officers feel about their work this book makes a number of interesting revelations - about the essentially domestic nature of much of the work they do, about the degree of emotional labour invested in it and about the performance nature of many of the day-to-day interactions between officers and prisoners. Finally, the book follows the prison officer home after work, showing how the prison can spill over into their home lives and family relationships. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in different types of prisons (including interviews with prison officers' wives and children as well as prison officers themselves), this book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in how prisons and organisations more generally operate in practice.

The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography

Author : Deborah H. Drake
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137403888
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography written by Deborah H. Drake and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography provides an expansive overview of the challenges presented by qualitative, and particularly ethnographic, enquiry. The chapters reflect upon the means by which ethnographers aim to gain understanding, make sense of what they learn and the way they represent their finished work. The Handbook offers urgent insights relevant to current trends in the growth of imprisonment worldwide. In an era of mass incarceration, human-centric ethnography provides an important counter to quantitative analysis and the audit culture on which prisons are frequently judged. The Handbook is divided into four parts. Part I ('About Prison Ethnography') assesses methodological, theoretical and pragmatic issues related to the use of ethnographic and qualitative enquiry in prisons. Part II ('Through Prison Ethnography') considers the significance of ethnographic insights in terms of wider social or political concerns. Part III ('Of Prison Ethnography') analyses different aspects of the roles ethnographers take and how they negotiate their research settings. Part IV ('For Prison Ethnography') includes contributions that convincingly extend the value of prison ethnography beyond the prison itself. Bringing together contributions by some of the world's leading scholars in criminology and prison studies, this authoritative volume maps out new directions for future research. It will be an indispensable resource for practitioners, students, academics and researchers who use qualitative social research methods to further their understanding of prisons.

Prison Management, Prison Workers, and Prison Theory

Author : Stephen C. McGuinn
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739194348
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Prison Management, Prison Workers, and Prison Theory written by Stephen C. McGuinn and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prison Management, Prison Workers, and Prison Theory develops a new conception of prison infrastructure, organization, and policy to explore how workers and administrators are essential in the development of culture and morality within the prison environment. Stephen C. McGuinn demonstrates that effective managers prioritize prison workers in order to meet external social demands of imprisonment and internal demands of daily operation. McGuinn argues that prison administrators need to unify prison staff under a new conception of the institution. The exploration of current power structures and their opportunities for improvement provides insight for those interested in criminology, criminal justice, prison theory and reform, policy studies, and labor studies.

Sharing This Walk

Author : Karina Biondi
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469630311
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Sharing This Walk written by Karina Biondi and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Primeiro Comando do Capital (PCC) is a Sao Paulo prison gang that since the 1990s has expanded into the most powerful criminal network in Brazil. Karina Biondi's rich ethnography of the PCC is uniquely informed by her insider-outsider status. Prior to his acquittal, Biondi's husband was incarcerated in a PCC-dominated prison for several years. During the period of Biondi's intense and intimate visits with her husband and her extensive fieldwork in prisons and on the streets of Sao Paulo, the PCC effectively controlled more than 90 percent of Sao Paulo's 147 prison facilities. Available for the first time in English, Biondi's riveting portrait of the PCC illuminates how the organization operates inside and outside of prison, creatively elaborating on a decentered, non-hierarchical, and far-reaching command system. This system challenges both the police forces against which the PCC has declared war and the methods and analytic concepts traditionally employed by social scientists concerned with crime, incarceration, and policing. Biondi posits that the PCC embodies a "politics of transcendence," a group identity that is braided together with, but also autonomous from, its decentralized parts. Biondi also situates the PCC in relation to redemocratization and rampant socioeconomic inequality in Brazil, as well as to counter-state movements, crime, and punishment in the Americas.

The English Prison Health System After a Decade of Austerity, 2010-2020

Author : Nasrul Ismail
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000784150
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The English Prison Health System After a Decade of Austerity, 2010-2020 written by Nasrul Ismail and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austerity has reconfigured and scaled back the governance and delivery of public services and negatively affected society’s most vulnerable groups. This book opens up the closed world of English prisons to examine its impact on prison health governance and healthcare delivery. It argues that austerity has been a decade-long, large-scale political experiment that has caused debt to balloon, eroded the prison health system and perpetuated a cycle of punishment resulting in sicker prisoners. In short, austerity has violated prisoners’ human rights. Drawing on interviews and data from existing longitudinal and economic analyses, the book demonstrates how austerity has resulted in high rates of recidivism, diminished what remains of the welfare state, and increased inequality and punitiveness. Despite a decade of failure, there is a marked political reluctance to dispense with austerity, and the governmental juggernaut continues to produce the same result. As the spectre of recession increases, caused in part by Brexit and COVID-19, these failures are ever more perilous. This book blends the interdisciplinary perspectives of criminology, public health, sociology, law, social policy, politics, and economics to enable greater understanding of the impact of austerity on health governance, prison healthcare, the prison workforce, and prisoners’ health and safety. It challenges current policy, practice and thinking, and is a must read for anyone who wants to reflect on how the political economic structure can affect the governance and delivery of healthcare services in marginalised settings, beyond prisons, and indeed beyond England.

Understanding Prison Staff

Author : Jamie Bennett
Publisher : Willan
ISBN 13 : 1134004273
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Prison Staff written by Jamie Bennett and published by Willan. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past decade has seen dramatic growth in every area of the prison enterprise. Yet our knowledge of the inner life of the prison remains limited. This book aims to redress this research gap by providing insight into various aspects of the daily life of prison staff. It provides a serious exploration of their work and, in doing so, will seek to draw attention to the variety, value and complexity of work within prisons. This book will provide practitioners, students and the general reader with a comprehensive and accessible guide to the contemporary issues and concerns facing prison staff.

Prison Officers

Author : Helen Arnold
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031410610
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Prison Officers written by Helen Arnold and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-13 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together academics, lawyers, civil servants, and researchers working in the human rights NGO sector, to explore the work and role of prison officers around the world. Each chapter offers a distinctive perspective on the work of prison officers within localised socio-economic and criminal justice contexts, to provide a unique overview and insight into the realities and complexities of the role through accessible scholarly interpretations of their work. The aim of the book is to advance knowledge and understanding of the crucial role that prison officers occupy within carceral systems. The collection has widespread applicability with relevance beyond academia into criminal justice practice and policy internationally. Chapter 3 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Understanding Prison Staff

Author : Jamie Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134004346
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Prison Staff written by Jamie Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past decade has seen dramatic growth in every area of the prison enterprise. Yet our knowledge of the inner life of the prison remains limited. This book aims to redress this research gap by providing insight into various aspects of the daily life of prison staff. It provides a serious exploration of their work and, in doing so, will seek to draw attention to the variety, value and complexity of work within prisons. This book will provide practitioners, students and the general reader with a comprehensive and accessible guide to the contemporary issues and concerns facing prison staff.

Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood

Author : Ben Crewe
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 1137566019
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood written by Ben Crewe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the experiences of prisoners in England & Wales sentenced when relatively young to very long life sentences (with minimum terms of fifteen years or more). Based on a major study, including almost 150 interviews with men and women at various sentence stages and over 300 surveys, it explores the ways in which long-term prisoners respond to their convictions, adapt to the various challenges that they encounter and re-construct their lives within and beyond the prison. Focussing on such matters as personal identity, relationships with family and friends, and the management of time, the book argues that long-term imprisonment entails a profound confrontation with the self. It provides detailed insight into how such prisoners deal with the everyday burdens of their situation, feelings of injustice, anger and shame, and the need to find some sense of hope, control and meaning in their lives. In doing so, it exposes the nature and consequences of the life-changing terms of imprisonment that have become increasingly common in recent years.

The Prison Officer

Author : Alison Liebling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136840214
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Prison Officer written by Alison Liebling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a thoroughly updated version of the popular first edition of The Prison Officer. It incorporates the significant increase in knowledge about the work of prison officer since the first edition was published and provides a live account of prison work and ways of understanding the role of the prison officer in the late-modern context. Few detailed narratives exist of prison work and the sort of role the prison officer occupies; this book addresses the gap. Using a range of quantitative and qualitative data and drawing on available theoretical literature it explores the role of the prison officer in an ‘appreciative’ way, taking into account the little-discussed issues of power and discretion. It provides a single accessible guide to the world and work of the prison officer, looking in detail at the present role of the prison officer in Britain and demonstrating the centrality of staff-prisoner relationships to every operation carried out by officers. This book will be of relevance to anyone with an interest in the work of a prison officer; students and others looking for an introductory survey of the literature and essential reading for any established and aspiring officers.

Prison Management

Author : M.B. Manaworker
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788178353142
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (531 download)

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Download or read book Prison Management written by M.B. Manaworker and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Origin of Prison and Objectives of Study2. Prison Administration in General 3. Reformation of the Prison System in India 4. Prison Administration in Independent India 5. Prison Management in Karnataka6. International Contemporary Scene7. The Future of Prison in India8. Case Study of Prison Management in Karnataka BibliographyIndex

The Effect of Prison Culture on Prison Staff

Author : Cory Contini
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656462097
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book The Effect of Prison Culture on Prison Staff written by Cory Contini and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Law - Criminal process, Criminology, Law Enforcement, grade: A-, Ottawa University, course: Qualitative Research Methods, language: English, abstract: A qualitative research study looking at the effects of prison culture on prison staff and possible solutions to perceived problems. By looking at prison management theory, prison culture, and staff culture, this paper provides a comprehensive explanation of the influences within prison relations and how those influences affect prison staff at both the ‘frontline’ and the administrative levels. This is the first research study in Canada to specifically relate the effects of prison culture on prison staff and examine the correctional institution as a workplace environment. Using interviews as the data collection method, this study shows how the unstable and chaotic nature of the prison negatively influences those working within it. This paper hopes to provide concrete solutions to the problems identified. By doing so, the prison as a workplace can be improved which results in increased job performance and job satisfaction and a better institution to live and work in.

12th Conference of Directors of Prison Administration (CDAP)

Author : European Committee on Crime Problems
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287140821
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book 12th Conference of Directors of Prison Administration (CDAP) written by European Committee on Crime Problems and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Mr Peter BEST.