Correctional officers in America : the emergence of a new profession

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Title:

Correctional officers in America : the emergence of a new profession

Author:

Walters, Stephen Paul.

ISBN:

9780773457171

Personal Author:

Walters, Stephen Paul.

Publication Information:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2006.

Physical Description:

vii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. The world of correctional officers -- 2. Selection and training -- 3. Characteristics of correctional officers -- 4. Correctional officers, inmates, & social control -- 5. The social psychology of correctional officers -- 6. The subculture of correctional officers -- 7. Minorities as correctional officers -- 8. Correctional officers without walls : probation & parole officers -- 9. Current issues concerning correctional officers.

Subject Term:

Correctional personnel -- United States.

Prisons -- United States -- Officials and employees.

Prison administration -- United States -- History.

Added Author:

Caywood, Tom.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0701/2006049431.html

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Summary

Abandoning common popular misconceptions of prison guards, this book analyzes who correctional officers are, how they are trained, and the common problems that they share while maintaining security in America's prisons. It examines the role of prisons, how it changed over time, and how correctional officers have been required to change as well.