NCJ Number
2355
Date Published
1971
Length
144 pages
Annotation
STUDY OF A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON BASED UPON A SOCIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF ITS ORGANIZATIONAL DYSFUNCTIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENT EFFECTS.
Abstract
BUILDING UPON PREVIOUS LITERATURE WHICH PROTESTS AGAINST THE PENITENTIARY THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND THIS BASE BY ARGUING THAT THE ATTEMPTS TO REFORM CRIMINALS BY PLACING THEM IN PRISON IS BASED ON A FALLACY. THE MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON IS EXAMINED FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE AS AN OPERATIVE SOCIAL SYSTEM WITH THE INTENT OF CLARIFYING IDEAS ABOUT MAN AND HIS BEHAVIOR IN SUCH SETTINGS. AMONG TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE CUSTODIAL REGIME, DEFECTS OF TOTAL POWER, PAINS OF IMPRISONMENT AND ARGOT ROLES, CRISIS, AND EQUILIBRIUM, AND NOTES TO REFORMERS AND CHANGE AGENTS.