NCJ Number
30227
Date Published
1975
Length
246 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR APPLIES ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY TO THE HIERARCHY OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO EXPLAIN DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN CORRECTIONAL GOALS AND THE ACTUALITY OF IMPRISONMENT.
Abstract
THE BOOK EXPLORES THE PROCESSES BY WHICH PRISON POLICY IS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH ALL THE MANAGERIAL LEVELS OF THE INSTITUTION. USING THE RESULTS OF A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF AN ADULT MALE PRISON COMPLEX - THE MINIMUM SECURITY CONNECTICUT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AT ENFIELD - AND SURVEY RESULTS FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS, THE AUTHOR CONSTRUCTS A CORRECTIONAL POLICY TYPOLOGY FROM WHICH HE DRAWS FOUR MODELS INTO WHICH EVERY PRISON CAN BE FIT: RESTRAINT, REFORM, REHABILITATION, AND REINTEGRATION. HE DEFINES MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES APPROPRIATE TO EACH MODEL AND INDICATES HOW PRISON MANAGERS CAN, BY CHANGING THEIR ACTIONS IN DEALING WITH THEIR STAFFS - EVEN WITHOUT CONCOMITANT CHANGES OF POLICY - ALTER THE GENERAL ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS OF A PRISON. THIS BOOK IS INTENDED FOR PRISON ADMINISTRATORS AND WORKERS, CRIMINOLOGICS, SOCIAL CASEWORKERS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIOLOGISTS. A FIVE PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AN INDEX ARE INCLUDED. (SNI ABSTRACT)