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Doing Prison Work

"Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in different types of prisons (and drawing form interviews with prison officers' partners and children as well as prison officers themselves), this book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in prisons and the day-to-day interactions and relationship that take place behind their walls."—Jacket.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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