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Staff‐inmate bargaining tactics in long‐term treatment institutions
Author(s) -
Roth Julius A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
sociology of health and illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1467-9566
pISSN - 0141-9889
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9566.1984.tb00450.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , bargaining power , power (physics) , psychology , focus (optics) , relation (database) , field (mathematics) , social psychology , public relations , political science , economics , microeconomics , computer science , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , database , pure mathematics , optics
The field notes of four studies of long‐term treatment institutions are examined for patterns of staff‐inmate bargaining. The main focus is on the conditions which enhance the bargaining power of staff and of inmates in relation to each other. A list of such conditions with examples is provided.