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The toughest beat [electronic resource] : politics, punishment, and the Prison Officers' Union in California / Joshua Page.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199893560 (ebook) :; 019989356X (ebook) :.Subject(s): Criminal justice, Administration of -- California | California Crime Prevention Officers Association | Prisons -- California | Corrections -- United States | Prison administration -- CaliforniaAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780195384055DDC classification: 331.8'8113659794 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: To understand California's deep and durable penal crisis, we must examine the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the labor union. Drawing on years of intensive research, Page uses the lessons of the CCPOA to explore how actors create, shape, and protect their preferred status quo.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
To understand California's deep and durable penal crisis, we must examine the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the labor union. Drawing on years of intensive research, Page uses the lessons of the CCPOA to explore how actors create, shape, and protect their preferred status quo.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.