The Prison Officer

Author : Alison Liebling,David Price,Guy Shefer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136840227

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The Prison Officer by Alison Liebling,David Price,Guy Shefer Pdf

This book is a thoroughly updated version of the popular first edition of The Prison Officer. It incorporates the significant increase in knowledge about the work of prison officer since the first edition was published and provides a live account of prison work and ways of understanding the role of the prison officer in the late-modern context. Few detailed narratives exist of prison work and the sort of role the prison officer occupies; this book addresses the gap. Using a range of quantitative and qualitative data and drawing on available theoretical literature it explores the role of the prison officer in an ‘appreciative’ way, taking into account the little-discussed issues of power and discretion. It provides a single accessible guide to the world and work of the prison officer, looking in detail at the present role of the prison officer in Britain and demonstrating the centrality of staff-prisoner relationships to every operation carried out by officers. This book will be of relevance to anyone with an interest in the work of a prison officer; students and others looking for an introductory survey of the literature and essential reading for any established and aspiring officers.

Author : Elaine M Crawley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135991746

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Doing Prison Work by Elaine M Crawley Pdf

This book provides a much-needed sociological account of the social world of the English prison officer, making an original contribution to our understanding of the inner life of prisons in general and the working lives of prison officers in particular. As well as revealing how the job of the prison officer - and of the prison itself - is accomplished on a day-to-day basis, the book explores not only what prison officers do but also how they feel about their work. In focusing on how prison officers feel about their work this book makes a number of interesting revelations - about the essentially domestic nature of much of the work they do, about the degree of emotional labour invested in it and about the performance nature of many of the day-to-day interactions between officers and prisoners. Finally, the book follows the prison officer home after work, showing how the prison can spill over into their home lives and family relationships. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in different types of prisons (including interviews with prison officers' wives and children as well as prison officers themselves), this book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in how prisons and organisations more generally operate in practice.

Author : Bruce Perham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0646835351

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Code Blue-Prison Officer in Danger by Bruce Perham Pdf

The book is about the trauma experienced by prison officers in managing prisoners.It is 'in the prison officers own words' with some psychological reflections from the Author.The book in particular follows the story of Neil'Rowdy' O'Rourke,a prison officer for 33 years,his descent into PTSD and it's subsequent impact on his family.

Author : Neil Samworth
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781509883530

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Strangeways by Neil Samworth Pdf

This Sunday Times bestseller is a shocking and at times darkly funny account of life as a prison officer in HMP Manchester. 'Authentic, tough, horrifying in some places and hilarious in others . . . the author’s honesty and decency shine through' – Jonathan Aitken ______________ Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangeways. A tough Yorkshireman with a soft heart, Sam had to deal with it all – gangsters and gangbangers, terrorists and psychopaths, addicts and the mentally ill. Men who should not be locked up and men who should never be let out. He tackles cell fires and self-harmers, and goes head to head with some of the most dangerous men in the country. He describes being attacked by prisoners, and reveals the problems caused by radicalization and the drugs flooding our prisons. As staffing cuts saw Britain’s prison system descend into crisis, the stress of the job – the suicides, the inhumanity of the system, and one assault too many – left Sam suffering from PTSD. Strangeways by Neil Samworth is a raw, searingly honest memoir that is a testament to the men and women of the prison service and the incredibly difficult job we ask them to do. ______________ 'A frequently shocking read' – Daily Express

Author : Jamie Bennett,Ben Crewe,Azrini Wahidin
Publisher : Willan
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134004270

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Understanding Prison Staff by Jamie Bennett,Ben Crewe,Azrini Wahidin Pdf

This book will provide practitioners, students and the general reader with a comprehensive and accessible guide to the contemporary issues and concerns facing prison staff.

Author : Ronnie Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-24
Category : Prison administration
ISBN : 0755317629

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Screwed by Ronnie Thompson Pdf

'My name is Ronnie Thompson. Being a prison officer was something I used to be proud of. I soon realised the truth of what it's like working as a screw, though. It's a fucking headache. Corruption, danger, violence. Welcome to my world.' Ronnie Thompson was just an ordinary guy. That is, until he became a prison officer. By the time he started work at HMP Romwell, he realised he was actually a nurse, a copper, a probation officer, a carer, a councillor, a social worker and, of course, an incarcerator all in one. Oh, and a punch bag for the cons and bosses. In SCREWED, Ronnie tells it like it is. He reveals what really goes on behind bars - the times when force is necessary and used, and when it is unnecessary but still used. He exposes the underworld of bent screws, the drugs they traffic, the firms they work for and what they get paid for their sins. He shows how it is left down to a small group of officers to control an over-flowing prison, keep an eye out for corrupt govenors, and dodge the deluded human rights campaigners. Ultimately, he shows us that being a good screw doesn't always mean sticking to the rules...

Author : Kelsey Kauffman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015014220365

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Prison Officers and Their World by Kelsey Kauffman Pdf

The 1970s were tumultuous years in American prisons, beginning with the bloody uprising at Attica and ending with the even bloodier one at New Mexico State. The Massachusetts prison system was one of the most seriously afflicted. Murders, suicides, riots, strikes, and mass escapes were only the most obvious manifestations of a system in turmoil.

Author : Rosemary Ricciardelli
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487513122

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Also Serving Time by Rosemary Ricciardelli Pdf

Also Serving Time informs readers about the realities of provincial and territorial prison work in Canada. Exploring the nuances of the job, Rosemary Ricciardelli shows how officer orientations and attitudes toward prisoners are interconnected and foundational in shaping their own experiences as well as those of managerial and administrative staff and prisoners themselves. Drawing on interviews with one hundred correctional officers with experience in a range of provincial and territorial prisons, Ricciardelli provides theoretical and applied explorations of officer orientations, interpretations, and risk propensity to show how perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs – both at the individual and structural levels – shape prison practices. Detailing officers' experiences working with male and female adult prison populations, Also Serving Time unpacks how gender informs the actions and self-presentation of correctional officers. Ricciardelli confirms that tasks of daily living underpinned by pervasive risk potential shape prison work. Through the officer accounts presented, the book provides an opportunity for readers to explore how punishment and "rehabilitation," gender, and the hierarchical structure of prison management together shape officers’ daily realities.

Author : Joshua Page
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199985074

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The Toughest Beat by Joshua Page Pdf

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.

Author : Sara Lunsford
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781402270789

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Sweet Hell on Fire by Sara Lunsford Pdf

"A gritty, raw, and engrossing voice."—Publishers Weekly I was a bad mother, a bad daughter, a bad wife, a bad friend. Boozed out and tired, with no dreams and no future. But I was a good officer. Sara Lunsford helped cage the worst of the worst, from serial killers to sex criminals. At the end of every day, when she walked out the prison gate, she had to try to shed the horrors she witnessed. But the darkness invaded every part of her life, no matter how much she tried to immerse herself in a liquor bottle. She couldn't hide from the things that hurt her, the things that made her bleed, the things that still rise up in the dark and choke her. With a magnetic, raw voice that you won't soon forget, Sweet Hell on Fire grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. It's a hardscrabble climb from rock bottom to the new ground of a woman who understands the meaning of sacrifice, the joy of redemption, and the quiet haven to be found in hope.

Author : Richard McMunn
Publisher : How2Become Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781907558016

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How 2 Become a Prison Officer by Richard McMunn Pdf

Author : Gary L. Heyward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476794327

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Corruption Officer by Gary L. Heyward Pdf

An ex-Marine turned corrections officer at New York's Riker's Island describes in gritty detail how his life on one side of the law led him into a life on the other, smuggling drugs and other contraband inside the jail for a large profit. Original.

Author : Philip Bray
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780717160280

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Inside Man by Philip Bray Pdf

In 1977, Philip Bray joined the Irish prison service, working in Limerick Prison. At the time, prisons were places where pillows, blankets and even food were scarce. Most prisoners were illiterate and luxuries such as televisons and books were unheard of. Over the following thirty years, Philip bore witness to dramatic changes in the prison service. Inside Man is an account of life inside Ireland's first female high-security prison in Limerick – a place where wealthy Englishwoman-come-IRA-operative Rose Dugdale's pregnancy infamously went unnoticed and feuding gangland families shared cells with the 'Dublin Mafia', whose imprisonment fuelled a violent protest. An account of a career lived at the epicentre of Ireland's turbulent recent decades, Inside Man was the winner of The Tubridy Show / Gill True Story competition in May 2007, seeing off almost 2000 other entrants.

Author : David Berridge
Publisher : Seven Dials
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781841884233

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Inside Parkhurst by David Berridge Pdf

THE FASCINATING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It's all in a week's work at HMP Parkhurst. After 28 years working as a prison officer, with 22 years at HMP Parkhurst, once one of Britain's most high security prisons, David Berridge has had to deal with it all: serial killers and gangsters, terrorists and sex offenders, psychopaths and addicts. Inside Parkhurst is his raw, uncompromising look at what really goes on behind the massive walls and menacing gates. Thrown in at the deep end, David quickly had to work out how to deal with the most cunning and volatile of prisoners, and learn how to avoid their many scams. He has been assaulted and abused; he has tackled cell fires and attempted suicides, riots and dirty protests; he has helped to foil escaped plans, talked inmates down from rooftop protests, witnessed prisoners setting fire to themselves, and prevented prisoners from attempting to murder other prisoners. And now he takes us inside this secret world for the first time. With this searingly honest account he guides us around the wings, the segregation unit, the hospital and the exercise yard, and gives vivid portraits of the drug taking, the hooch making, the constant and irrepressible violence, and the extraordinary lengths our prison officers go to everyday. Divided into three parts - the first from David's early years on the wings, the second the middle of his career, and the third his disillusioned later years - David will take readers into the heart of life inside and shine a light on the escalating violence and the impact the government cuts are having on the wings. Both horrifying and hilarious, David's diaries are guaranteed to shock and entertain in equal measure.

Author : Richard McMunn
Publisher : How2Become Ltd
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781907558740

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Interview Questions and Answers by Richard McMunn Pdf