SOURCES OF RESISTANCE TO INNOVATION IN CORRECTIONS (FROM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS 2D ED., 1977, BY ROBERT M. CARTER, DANIEL GLASER, AND LESLIE T. WILKINS - SEE NCJ-41850)

• NCJ Number: 41869
• Author(s): D R CRESSEY
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 22 pages
• Corporate Author: J B Lippincott
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

THE AUTHOR IDENTIFIES AND DISCUSSES FOUR PRINCIPLE AND INTERRELATED SOURCES OF RESISTANCE TO CORRECTIONAL INNOVATIONS.

Abstract

THE FOUR SOURCES OF RESISTANCE EXAMINED ARE CONFLICTING THEORIES REGARDING EFFICIENCY OF MEASURES FOR MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF CONFORMITY IN THE SOCIETY; THE CHARACTERISTICS AND IDEOLOGIES OF CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL; THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS; AND THE ORGANIZATION OF CORRECTIONAL CLIENTS WITH REGARD TO EACH OTHER AND TO CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB