The Toughest Beat uses the rise of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the state's powerful prison officers' union, to explore the actors and interests that have created, shaped, and protected the Golden State's sprawling, dysfunctional penal system ¿ and how it might yet be transformed.
The Toughest Beat uses the rise of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the state's powerful prison officers' union, to explore the actors and interests that have created, shaped, and protected the Golden State's sprawling, dysfunctional penal system ¿ and how it might yet be transformed.
Joshua Page was born and raised in Southern California. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California-Santa Barbara and master's and doctorate degrees from the University of California-Berkeley. Page is currently a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Letta Wren and two dogs.
Inhaltsangabe
* Preface * Abbreviations * Key Dates * 1. Welcome to the "Toughest Beat" * 2. The Birth of the "Correctional Officer" and His Union * 3. A Politically Realistic Union * 4. Power by Proxy: The Strategic Alliance Between Prison Officers and Crime Victims * 5. Three Strikes and the Anchor of Punitive Segregation * 6. Monopolizing the Beat: The Fight against Prison Privatization * 7. Who Rules the Beat? The Battle over Managerial Rights * 8. Changing of the Guard: A New Direction for the CCPOA and California? * Methodological Appendix * Selected Bibliography
* Preface * Abbreviations * Key Dates * 1. Welcome to the "Toughest Beat" * 2. The Birth of the "Correctional Officer" and His Union * 3. A Politically Realistic Union * 4. Power by Proxy: The Strategic Alliance Between Prison Officers and Crime Victims * 5. Three Strikes and the Anchor of Punitive Segregation * 6. Monopolizing the Beat: The Fight against Prison Privatization * 7. Who Rules the Beat? The Battle over Managerial Rights * 8. Changing of the Guard: A New Direction for the CCPOA and California? * Methodological Appendix * Selected Bibliography
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