Behind the walls : inmates and correctional officers on the state of Canadian prisons / Michael Weinrath.

"Despite falling crime rates, more rights for inmates, and better training for correctional officers, Canada's prisons are overflowing, and outbreaks of violence continue to grab headlines. Applying Goffman's frame theory and drawing on interviews with inmates and correctional officers in provincial...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Main Author:	Weinrath, Michael (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2016]
Series:	Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Subjects:	Prisoners > Canada. Correctional personnel > Canada. Prisoners > Canada > Attitudes. Correctional personnel > Canada > Attitudes. Prisons > Canada. Correctional institutions > Canada. Corrections > Canada. Prisoners > Canada > Social conditions. Correctional personnel > Canada > Social conditions.
Physical Description:	viii, 318 pages ; 24 cm. Issued also in electronic formats.
Format:	Book

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