Maximum Security Correctional Officers: An Exploratory Investigation into Their Social Bases of Power

Correctional officers are responsible for maintaining prison order, establishing institutional security and managing inmate behavior. To accomplish these goals, officers are sometimes required to deploy available bases of power, which are mechanisms of behavioral control used to achieve certain obje...

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Authors: Ferdik, Frank Valentino (Author) ; Smith, Hayden P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2016, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 498-521
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Keywords:
Work attitudes
Risk perceptions
Decision-making
Correctional Officer
Bases of power

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