Invisible ghosts of care and penality: Exploring Canadian correctional workers’ perceptions of prisoner well-being, accountability and power

Much correctional work is generally misunderstood by the mainstream media and many public circles as solely punitive and authoritative, which has fueled many politicized outcomes for correctional policy, practice and intervention. Reasonably, critical criminological discourse is steered primarily by...

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Main Author: Johnston, Matthew S (Author)
Contributors: Ricciardelli, Rose
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Criminology & criminal justice
Year: 2024, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 291-312
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Keywords:
Accountability
Emotional labour
Mental Health
Power
Prisoners
correctional workers

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