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Author Asher, Geoff.

Title Custody and control, the social worlds of imprisoned youth / Geoff Asher
Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1986

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 MELB  364.6088055 Ash/Cac  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 184 pages ; 22 cm
Series Studies in society ; 31
Studies in society (Sydney, N.S.W.) ; 31
Contents Introduction -- 1. The correctional dilemma -- The sociological position -- Liberal/professional orientation -- Radical orientations -- The importance of inmate perspectives -- 2. Method of study -- Observations and conversations -- Documentary data -- The interviews -- Staff member role -- 3. The Turana regime -- Physical description -- Section functions -- The official policy of treatment and training -- Controlling the boys : the use of sanctions and its limits -- Routine rules and their enforcement : a ̀battle of wits' -- 4. Background histories of Turana boys : coping with discreditable facts -- School, employment, offence and prior incarceration experiences -- Incarceration and mortification -- 5. Psychological and emotive attachments to significant others : the family, the peer group and self-esteem -- Self-esteem and family backgrounds -- Peer relationships -- Relative attachment to parents and peers -- Conclusion -- 6. Coping with the institutional environment : social relations with inmates and staff -- Differential orientations to the environment -- Relationships within the institution : relations with fellow inmates -- Relationships within the institution : relations with staff -- Conclusion -- 7. The impact and consequences of incarceration from the boys' perspective -- Boys' conceptions of the Turana institution -- Boys' perceptions of the impact of the institution -- Future life-chances : post-prison expectations -- 8. The value of first-hand assessment -- Implications for sociological inquiry -- The impact of confinement -- Future directions : re-defining correctional goals
Analysis Australia Correctional institutions for delinquent adolescent boys Psychosocial aspects
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 173-179
Subject Juvenile corrections -- Australia.
Juvenile delinquents -- Australia.
Juvenile detention homes -- Australia -- Victoria -- Case studies.
Juvenile detention homes -- Australia.
Juvenile detention homes -- Australia -- Victoria -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
LC no. 85073187
ISBN 0868618349 (paperback)
0868618500