McCullough, John M.

Managing correctional crises / John M. McCullough - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006 - xii, 187 p. ; 26 cm. - Criminal justice illuminated .

The crisis leader: a man for bad seasons -- Signs of troubled times : something's coming, something bad -- Basic principles of crisis management : keep your eyes on the people -- Large-scale disturbances and inmate group violence : a bad day at Red Rock -- Hostage situations : the theater of terror -- Inmate work strikes : hell no, we won't go -- Hunger and food strikes : the politics of hunger -- Inmate suicides : see what you made me do? -- Natural and man-made disasters : the creek is rising -- Special problem inmates : roll call of the high maintenance inmates -- Disturbances in segregation : the facts about max -- The muddle in medical : a land under siege -- Visitors and volunteers and outside threats : from the outside looking in -- The promise and problem of programs : making a difference -- Then there are the employees : keeping the faith with the keepers.

0763730726 (pbk.) RM160.63


Prison violence--Prevention--United States
Strikes and lockouts--Prisons--Prevention--United States
Crisis management--United States
Prison discipline--United States
Prison administration--United States