02950oam 2200685I 450 991045922240332120210827230249.01-136-84022-21-283-04130-897866130413020-203-83299-X10.4324/9780203832998(CKB)2560000000061486(EBL)668171(OCoLC)707068611(SSID)ssj0000472371(PQKBManifestationID)11297825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472371(PQKBWorkID)10434017(PQKB)11778792(MiAaPQ)EBC668171(Au-PeEL)EBL668171(CaPaEBR)ebr10452297(CaONFJC)MIL304130(OCoLC)709748255(EXLCZ)99256000000006148620180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe prison officer /Alison Liebling, David Price and Guy Shefer2nd ed.Abingdon, Oxon [England] :Willan Pub.,2011.1 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84392-269-X 1-84392-270-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction : prison officers at their best -- 2. Who is the prison officer? -- 3. Understanding prison officers and their role -- 4. The complexities of the role -- 5. Staff-prisoner relationships : the heart of prison work -- 6. The centrality of discretion in the work of prison officers -- 7. Prison officer culture and unionisation -- 8. The prison officer in a modern bureaucracy -- 9. Conclusions.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 exploresPrison wardensPrisonsOfficials and employeesCorrectional personnelElectronic books.Prison wardens.PrisonsOfficials and employees.Correctional personnel.365.02341Liebling Alison1963-786622Price David543765Shefer Guy1052331MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459222403321The prison officer2483509UNINA