The required readings for this unit are:

Australia	Required Reading(s)

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Canada	Required Reading(s)

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International	Required Reading(s)

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United Kingdom	Required Reading(s)

Liebling, A.. (2000). Prison officers, policing and the use

of discretion. Theoretical Criminology, 4(3), 333-358. Retrieved December 31, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6263136&db=aph This article considers the relevance of the policing literature to the work of prison officers. It explores the role of discretion in the distribution of privileges in prison, the results of an exploratory observational research project recently completed in a maximum security prison and the implications of the findings to date for penology

 

United States	Required Reading(s)

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Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

• Select - Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
• Select - Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Select - Connect
• Fill in User ID and Pin
• Fill in search words:
  • correctional and officer
  • prison and guard

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

O'Toole, S. (1999). Barriers to professional education of

NSW correctional officers: A case of distance learning. Distance Education, 20(2), 295-312. Retrieved July 222, from ProQuest database: Note the role of the correctional officer in Australia.

 

Canada	Recommended Reading(s)

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International	Recommended Reading(s)

Holt, C. (2001). The correctional officer's role in mental

health treatment of youthful offenders. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 22, 173-180.

 

United Kingdom	Recommended Reading(s)

Roden, C. (1999). Competence and Change: Linking

business focus to operational competence in the prison service. The British Journal of Forensic Practice, 1 (3), 3-8. Note the roles for the correctional officer beyond being "firm but fair" (Roden, 1999, p. 6).

 

United States	Recommended Reading(s)

Cheek, F. E., & Miller, M.D.S. (1983). The experience of

stress for correctional officers: A double- bind theory of correctional stress. Journal of Criminal Justice, 11,105-120. Note the roles and responsibilities of correctional officers with regards to health care of prisoners (p. 107).

 

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Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:

  correctional - officer - role

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/references

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Video's recommended for this unit are:

	Resources (Video)

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

Australia	Resources (Web)

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Canada	Resources (Web)

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International	Resources (Web)

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United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

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United States	Resources (Web)

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• correctional - officer - role

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/websites

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