Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home : How Staff Control Juvenile Inmates
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761830634
ISBN-13
9780761830634
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
University Press of America
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 28th, 2005
Print length
180 Pages
Weight
245 grams
Dimensions
22.10 x 14.10 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Society & culture: generalSociology & anthropologySocial workCrime & criminology
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This qualitative study critically analyzes the responsibilities of frontline staff at Opportunity Boys' Home (OBH), a residential treatment program for delinquent youth. Those interested in social control, social work, and sociology of work will find Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home intriguing, useful, and informative.
This qualitative study critically analyzes the responsibilities of frontline staff at Opportunity Boys'' Home (OBH), a residential treatment program for delinquent youth. The core activities of staff at OBH involve direct management and control of juvenile delinquents. Specifically, they serve as the formal social control agents primarily involved in "control-work," e.g., breaking up fights, resolving inmate conflicts, negotiating order, maintaining straight lines, preventing "AWOLS," confronting rule violations by juveniles, and responding to emergencies. Those interested in social control, community-based group homes, social work, and the sociology of work will find Social Control at Opportunity Boys'' Home intriguing, useful, and informative.
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