| Description |
1 online resource (138 pages) |
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Cover; Freedom and Justice Within Walls; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Theoretical considerations of prison in general; Socio-psychological aspects of prisons; Role dilemmas in a closed prison; 2. Basic characteristics of Bristol Prison; The typicality of Bristol Prison; Concrete features of Bristol Prison; Physical setting; The inmate population; The staff; Common background, shared values, and mutual evaluations; 3. The planned, unplanned, and expected changes; Planning the changes |
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Predicted effects of the changesPossible unplanned changes; Measures taken to introduce the change under required conditions; 4. The changes observed in Bristol Prison; Measuring the effects of the change; Defining the transition periods; Reported disciplinary incidents as a measure of staff-inmate tension; The observed effects in 'A' Hall; Prediction 1: The effect of increased opportunities for offending; Prediction 2: The general level of tension; Prediction 3: Stability of the officer-inmate relation; Prediction 4: Other effects on the inmates of 'A' Hall |
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The major effects observed in 'D' HallThe effect of increased opportunities for offending; The general level of tension; Stability of the officer-inmate relation; 5. Results of the experiment and the new dilemmas; Appendices; I. Outline of a study of the effects of adopting the 'Norwich' system in the Bristol Local Prison; II. Methodological notes; III. Reclassification of disciplinary incidents; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Bristol Prison
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136422775 |
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1136422773 |
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