1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Guards Imprisoned (1989) Correctional Officers at Work

By Lucien Lombardo Copyright 1989
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1989,  Guards Imprisoned provides an in-depth look into the work and working life of prison guards as they perceive and experience it. The author, who was a teacher at Auburn Prison, New York, discovered that little was known about the guard’s perceptions of his "place" in the prison community and set out to explore the dynamics of this key correctional occupation from... Read more

Foreword to 2016 Routledge Revival Edition
Preface to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Foreword
1 Exploring the Work and Work World of Prison Guards: Perspectives and Processes
I. An Introduction to Prison Guards and Their Work
2 Becoming a Correction Officer: The Invisible Prison Becomes a Place to Work
3 The Men and Their Tasks
II. Prison Guards at Work
4 Guards and Inmates: Human and Helping Relationships
5 Guards and Inmates: Authority and the Management of Inmate Misbehavior
6 The Corruption of Authority Revisited
III. Guards React to Their Work
7 The Pressures of the Work and Ways of Coping
8 The Rewards of Being a Guard
IV. Guards in the Prison Community
9 Guards in the Prison Community
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C: Background Data Sheet and Interview Guide
Appendix D: Tables
Appendix E
Bibliography

Biography

Lucien X. Lombardo