Prison officer legitimacy, their exercise of power, and inmate rule breaking

Prison officers are directly responsible for transmitting penal culture and prison policy to the confined, yet few studies of officers’ impact on inmate behavior have been conducted. We examined the effect of inmates’ perceptions of officer legitimacy on rule breaking within prisons, as well as the...

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Authors: Steiner, Benjamin (Author) ; Woolredge, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 750-779
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