Resolution of Prison Riots: Strategies and Policies / Edition 1

by Bert Useem, Camille Graham Camp, George M. Camp

Overview

The book uses eight diverse case studies of prison riots to explore how the outcomes were affected by policies, procedures, management, communications, and strategy immediately before, during, and after the riot. Exploring the results achieved by negotiation, by force, and by simply waiting, the authors illuminate the factors most important in controlling the costs of damage and human suffering that can result from increasingly common prison disturbances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195093247
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/01/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	9.49(w) x 6.26(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

University of New Mexico

Criminal Justice Institute, New York

Criminal Justice Institute, New York

Table of Contents

1.	Introduction	3
I.	Protracted Riots
2.	United States Penitentiary, Atlanta	11
3.	Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega, Alabama	39
4.	Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill	56
5.	Mack Alford Correctional Center, Oklahoma	84
II.	Contracted Riots
6.	Coxsackie Correctional Facility, New York	107
7.	Kirkland Correctional Institution, South Carolina	121
8.	Arizona State Prison Complex, Cimarron Unit	131
9.	Idaho State Correctional Institution	137
III.	Conclusions
10.	Before the Riot	149
11.	During the Riot	162
12.	After the Riot	185
	Notes	193
	Index	213

Editorial Reviews

"Resolution of Prison Riots is an extension of a well-received work by Useem (States of Siege) and should be noted for the breadth of its coverage...Recommended for libraries serving departments of criminal justice, sociology, political science, or psychology."—Choice

"...it is destined to become a helpful and instructive guide for prison officials."—Health

"The value and significance of this volume rests upon the success of the authors in comparing disturbances to determine common and dissimilar themes that will inform readers about how to prevent and successfully resolve disturbances....the authors have successfully provided practical and sound advice for prison officials."—Corrections Management Quarterly

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