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

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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 1975-2019 (Author) ; Woolredge, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 750-779
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Inmates
Prisons
Rule breaking
Legitimacy
Power
Häftlinge
Gefängnis
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