The Effect of Jail Reform Policies on Guard/Management Relations.

Pogrebin, Mark

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ERIC Number: EJ367095

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Effect of Jail Reform Policies on Guard/Management Relations.

Pogrebin, Mark

Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, v12 n1 p91-100 Fall-Win 1987

Interviewed 60 jail corrections officers in four types of jails to examine views about working relations and judgments of institutional policy. Respondents reported feeling unappreciated by superiors and powerless in relation to inmates. Officers were caught between administration demands for safety and recently acquired rights of inmates. (NB)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Correctional Institutions, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Institutional Personnel, Interpersonal Relationship, Job Satisfaction, Power Structure, Social Control, Work Attitudes

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Language: English

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