Paul Christopher Price

Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home

How Staff Control Juvenile Inmates

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9780761830634
• ISBN-10: 0761830634
• Artikelnr.: 21967251

Autorenporträt

Paul C. Price is Associate Professor of Sociology at Pasadena City College. Professor Price holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Opportunity Boys' Home: An Introduction: On Juvenile Hall
On Deinstitutionalization
On Negotiation
Approaches to Social Control
Book Overview
Notes Chapter 3 Setting: Facility Structure: Kitchen Structure
Social Services and Business Office
OBH Staff: Executive Director, Clinical Director and Intake Worker
Officer of the Day
Dorm Staff and Their Role
Summary Notes Chapter 4 Learning Control: Formal Training
Learn By Doing, and Learning Control From Others
Learning By Mistake
Learning Control From Residents
Discussion
Notes Chapter 5 Everyday Control: Situational Remedies: Ordering
Hands-On Correction
Requesting
Institutional Responses: Types of Punishments: "Consequents"
Recording Punishments: Logs and Incident Reports
Summary
Notes Chapter 6 Institutional Emergencies: Panic Button: Emergencies at OBH
Charging to the Scene
False Alarms
Evaluating Staff Use of the Panic Button
Summary
Notes Chapter 7 Resident Leaving: Awoling: Deciding to Awol
Awol Types
Awols: Detention, Non-Detection
Process of Awoling: The Duran Case
The Mata Case
The Brown Case
Awol Returns
Notes Chapter 8 Afterthoughts Chapter 9 Appendix: Research Methods and Charts: Role of Researcher
Frontline Staff/Resident Population Chart
Opportunity Boys' Home Awol Report
Opportunity Boys' Home Incident Report
Notes Chapter 10 Bibliography Chapter 11 Index Chapter 12 About the Author