Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home: How Staff Control Juvenile Inmates

By Paul-Jahi Christopher Price

This qualitative study critically analyzes the responsibilities of frontline staff at Opportunity Boys' Home (OBH), a residential treatment program for delinquent youth. Those interested in social control, social work, and sociology of work will find Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home intriguing, useful, and informative.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761830634
• ISBN13: 9780761830634
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.7"