Prisoners' Perception of Legitimacy of the Prison Staff: A Qualitative Study in Slovene Prisons

The purpose of this article is to explore prisoners' perception of legitimacy of prison staff and examine the compliance of prisoners with the authority of prison staff to highlight the differences between instrumental and normative compliance of prisoners. This study draws on data collected fr...

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Main Author: Hacin, Rok (Author)
Contributors: Meško, Gorazd
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 62, Issue: 13, Pages: 4332-4350
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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