The Effect of Jail Reform Policies on Guard/Management Relations.

Y

10

Civil Rights; Correctional Institutions; Employee Attitudes; Employer Employee Relationship; Institutional Personnel; Interpersonal Relationship; Job Satisfaction; Power Structure; Social Control; Work Attitudes

Interviewed 60 jail corrections officers in four types of jails to examine views about working relations and judgments of institutional policy. Respondents reported feeling unappreciated by superiors and powerless in relation to inmates. Officers were caught between administration demands for safety and recently acquired rights of inmates. (NB)

1988

EJ367095