The Floating Signifier of “Radicalization”: Correctional Officers’ Perceptions of Prison Radicalization

The number of people incarcerated for extremist actions has grown over the past decades. The resulting prospect of prison radicalization has contributed to widespread risk responsibilitization among prison staff. Low-level correctional officers now perceive themselves as being directly responsible f...

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Autores principales: Schultz, William J. (Autor) ; Bucerius, Sandra M. (Autor) ; Haggerty, Kevin D. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
En: Criminal justice and behavior
Año: 2021, Volumen: 48, Número: 6, Páginas: 828-845
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