Joshua Page

The Toughest Beat (eBook, ePUB)

Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers Union in California

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has exploded, 'law and order' interest groups have also grown -- in numbers and political clout. In The Toughest Beat, Joshua Page argues in crisp, vivid prose that the Golden State's prison boom fueled the rise of one of the most politically potent and feared interest groups in the nation: the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). As it made great strides for its members, the prison officers' union also fundamentally altered the composition and orientation of the penal field. The Toughest Beat is essential reading for anyone concerned with contemporary crime and punishment, interest group politics, and public sector labor unions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199832026
• Artikelnr.: 38138865

Autorenporträt

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