Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/000655945/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 31 of
31
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "Topics covered include prison riots and quality of prison life.".
- catalog contributor b829233.
- catalog created "c1987.".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog date "c1987.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1987.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 319-334.".
- catalog description "I. Understanding prisons -- 1. The governability of prisons -- The sociological view of prisons -- the sociological view of crime and corrections -- Sociology and inmate society -- Sociology and prison management -- The evolution of prison sociology -- Sociology and the contemporary prison -- Evaluating prison sociology -- Prison violence: are lax or tight controls to blame? -- The prison riots of 1951-1953 -- Prison riots of the 1980s -- Sociology and prison violence -- Participative prison management: should inmates be self-governing? -- Intellectual origins of prison democracy -- Lessons of experience: Walla Walla Penitentiary -- Sociology and inmate self-government -- Inmate treatment and custody: are they in conflict? -- Custody as a condition of treatment -- Custody as a part of treatment -- The sociological view of treatment versus custody -- Administrative change and its consequences -- The case of Stateville Penitentiary -- Limits of prison sociology -- Conclusion: a governmental perspective on prisons -- 2. The quality of prison life -- Measuring the quality of prison life: order, amenity, and service -- Order in Texas, Michigan and California prisons -- Texas: the most orderly prisons -- The decline of order in Texas prisons -- Intrasystem differences in order: California prisons -- Explaining differences in prison order -- Inaccurate or biased data -- Characteristics of the inmate population -- Level of expenditures -- Level of crowding -- Inmate-to-staff ratios -- Level of training -- Architecture -- Inmate social system -- Level of inmate treatment -- Inmate-staff race relations -- Repressive measures -- The quality of prison management.".
- catalog description "II. Governing prisons -- 3. Governing prisons in three states -- A tour through TDC, CDC, and MDC: three models of correctional management -- Elements of the Texas Control Model -- Evolution of the control model -- Defects of the control model -- Elements of the Michigan Responsibility Model -- Evolution of the responsibility model -- Defects of the responsibility model -- Elements of the California Consensual Model -- Evolution of the consensual model -- Defects of the consensual model -- Varieties of correctional administration -- The wall unit: Huntsville, Texas -- California prisons: Soledad and CMC -- Michigan: Huron Valley Men's Facility (HVMF) -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Correctional philosophy and leadership -- The keeper philosophy -- Texas keepers and the control model -- Michigan keepers and the responsibility model -- California keepers and the consensual model -- Correctional leadership -- Correctional leadership in California -- Correctional leadership in Michigan -- Correctional leadership in Texas: "Walking George" -- 5. Correctional change: the case of Texas prisons -- The rotten crutch: Texas building tenders -- Court intervention: the Ruiz Case -- Administration change and its consequences -- Aftermath and opportunity -- Summary and conclusion.".
- catalog description "III. Improving prisons -- 6. The prison as a constitutional government -- Internal controls: prison bureaucracy -- Correctional leadership and administrative stability -- The path to better prisons: obstacles and opportunities -- Correctional workers -- Courts and corrections -- Correctional officer unions -- Prisons, politicians, and the press -- Prisons, professors, and public policy -- Rethinking rehabilitation -- Beyond recidivism -- The morality of imprisonment -- Conclusion: the duty to govern -- IV. Studying prisons -- Appendix: Prison research -- Gaining access -- Gathering data -- Generating interest -- Future research.".
- catalog description "Topics covered include prison riots and quality of prison life.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 349 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Governing prisons.".
- catalog identifier "0029078814".
- catalog isFormatOf "Governing prisons.".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog issued "c1987.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan,".
- catalog relation "Governing prisons.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "365/.068 19".
- catalog subject "HV9469 .D54 1987".
- catalog subject "Prison administration United States.".
- catalog subject "Prisoners United States.".
- catalog subject "Prisons United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Understanding prisons -- 1. The governability of prisons -- The sociological view of prisons -- the sociological view of crime and corrections -- Sociology and inmate society -- Sociology and prison management -- The evolution of prison sociology -- Sociology and the contemporary prison -- Evaluating prison sociology -- Prison violence: are lax or tight controls to blame? -- The prison riots of 1951-1953 -- Prison riots of the 1980s -- Sociology and prison violence -- Participative prison management: should inmates be self-governing? -- Intellectual origins of prison democracy -- Lessons of experience: Walla Walla Penitentiary -- Sociology and inmate self-government -- Inmate treatment and custody: are they in conflict? -- Custody as a condition of treatment -- Custody as a part of treatment -- The sociological view of treatment versus custody -- Administrative change and its consequences -- The case of Stateville Penitentiary -- Limits of prison sociology -- Conclusion: a governmental perspective on prisons -- 2. The quality of prison life -- Measuring the quality of prison life: order, amenity, and service -- Order in Texas, Michigan and California prisons -- Texas: the most orderly prisons -- The decline of order in Texas prisons -- Intrasystem differences in order: California prisons -- Explaining differences in prison order -- Inaccurate or biased data -- Characteristics of the inmate population -- Level of expenditures -- Level of crowding -- Inmate-to-staff ratios -- Level of training -- Architecture -- Inmate social system -- Level of inmate treatment -- Inmate-staff race relations -- Repressive measures -- The quality of prison management.".
- catalog tableOfContents "II. Governing prisons -- 3. Governing prisons in three states -- A tour through TDC, CDC, and MDC: three models of correctional management -- Elements of the Texas Control Model -- Evolution of the control model -- Defects of the control model -- Elements of the Michigan Responsibility Model -- Evolution of the responsibility model -- Defects of the responsibility model -- Elements of the California Consensual Model -- Evolution of the consensual model -- Defects of the consensual model -- Varieties of correctional administration -- The wall unit: Huntsville, Texas -- California prisons: Soledad and CMC -- Michigan: Huron Valley Men's Facility (HVMF) -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Correctional philosophy and leadership -- The keeper philosophy -- Texas keepers and the control model -- Michigan keepers and the responsibility model -- California keepers and the consensual model -- Correctional leadership -- Correctional leadership in California -- Correctional leadership in Michigan -- Correctional leadership in Texas: "Walking George" -- 5. Correctional change: the case of Texas prisons -- The rotten crutch: Texas building tenders -- Court intervention: the Ruiz Case -- Administration change and its consequences -- Aftermath and opportunity -- Summary and conclusion.".
- catalog tableOfContents "III. Improving prisons -- 6. The prison as a constitutional government -- Internal controls: prison bureaucracy -- Correctional leadership and administrative stability -- The path to better prisons: obstacles and opportunities -- Correctional workers -- Courts and corrections -- Correctional officer unions -- Prisons, politicians, and the press -- Prisons, professors, and public policy -- Rethinking rehabilitation -- Beyond recidivism -- The morality of imprisonment -- Conclusion: the duty to govern -- IV. Studying prisons -- Appendix: Prison research -- Gaining access -- Gathering data -- Generating interest -- Future research.".
- catalog title "Governing prisons : a comparative study of correctional management / John J. DiIulio, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".