Behind Prison Walls: The Real World of Working in Today's Prisons
by Tom Martin
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Author: Tom MartinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03
ISBN: 1581603916
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Paladin Press, Boulder, CO
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Book Review: Lacking in Depth
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a good primer book for those uninitiated to the prison workplace, but having spent over 25 years in Corrections I found it lacking in depth and critical content and a bit egotistically idealized by the author. He apparently never had to face ethical questions or moral dilemmas in his experience, either that or he chose to omit those aspects. I would have been more interested if he had delved more into the politics and bureacratical intrigue of correctional work, which have a much greater impact on the careers of correctional employees. Still, it would be unfair to dismiss this work as without merit, but it is incomplete, only scratching the surface of being on the inside.
Summary of Behind Prison Walls: The Real World of Working in Today's Prisons
If you want to know what today's murderers, gangbangers and street predators are really like, take a step behind prison walls. A veteran prison guard reveals the truth behind staff rivalries, incarcerated killers, old-time cons, racial tension, inmate threats and ingenuity, and the darker sides of prisoner behavior.Criminology Books
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