ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND INMATE ORGANIZATION (FROM SOCIOLOGY OF CORRECTIONS - A BOOK OF READINGS 1977, BY ROBERT G. LEGER AND JOHN R. STRATTON - SEE NCJ-41800)

• NCJ Number: 41803
• Author(s): B B BERK
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS CHAPTER EXAMINES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATION IN A VARIETY OF CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS.

Abstract

THE STUDY REPORTED IN THIS PAPER HAD TWO MAJOR OBJECTIVES. FIRST, THE AUTHORS SOUGHT TO REPLICATE OSCAR GRUSKY'S 1959 STUDY OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF TREATMENT GOALS FOR THE INFORMAL ORGANIZATION OF PRISON INMATES. SECOND, THE AUTHORS WERE CONCERNED WITH EXTENDING EXISTING FORMULATIONS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL STRUCTURE OF TOTAL INSTITUTIONS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE CONDITIONS WHICH GENERATE INFORMAL ORGANIZATION THAT ARE FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSED TO THE EXISTING ADMINISTRATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) ...MSP