The security mindset: Corrections officer workplace culture in late mass incarceration

Prison officers’ behavior is one of the most consequential features of the modern prison. In this article, we introduce an organizational culture conceptual framework and build on previous prison scholarship to develop a model of prison officer workplace culture. We then apply the proposed model to...

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Main Author: Schoenfeld, Heather (Author)
Contributors: Everly, Grant
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 224-244
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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