NCJ Number
2352
Date Published
1968
Length
536 pages
Annotation
A READER IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF PRISON AS A FORMAL, COMPLEX ORGANIZATION.
Abstract
A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERTS WHO STUDY THE PRISON AS A COMPLEX SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. LAWRENCE HAZELRIGG, THE EDITOR, HAS GATHERED TOGETHER UNDER THREE TOPICS RECENT RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF PENOLOGY. HIS FIRST SET OF ARTICLES DISCUSSES THE TOTAL ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT OF THE PRISON AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM. THE SECOND SET OF ARTICLES DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE PRISON AS A PEOPLE CHANGING ORGANIZATION. THE ONLY MEANS BY WHICH SOCIETY CAN ACHIEVE ITS DESIRED PROTECTION IS A RESOCIALIZATION OF THE DEVIANT WHICH LEADS TO HIS REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY. MERE IMPRISONMENT CAN PROVIDE ONLY A SHORT-TERM PROTECTION AT BEST AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN COMPOUND THE DANGER FROM WHICH SOCIETY SEEKS SOME RELIEF. THE LAST SET OF ARTICLES REVOLVES AROUND THE COMMON THEME OF CONFLICT, AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE CONFLICT THAT ARISES FROM THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTER OF CONTEMPORARY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)