Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home - How Staff Control Juvenile Inmates (Paperback)

This qualitative study critically analyzes the responsibilities of frontline staff at Opportunity Boys' Home (OBH), a residential treatment program for delinquent youth. The core activities of staff at OBH involve direct management and control of juvenile delinquents. Specifically, they serve as the formal social control agents primarily involved in "control-work," e.g., breaking up fights, resolving inmate conflicts, negotiating order, maintaining straight lines, preventing "AWOLS," confronting rule violations by juveniles, and responding to emergencies. Those interested in social control, community-based group homes, social work, and the sociology of work will find Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home intriguing, useful, and informative.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2005
First published:	May 2005
Authors:	Paul Christopher Price
Dimensions:	221 x 141 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-3063-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	0-7618-3063-4
Barcode:	9780761830634

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