The toughest beat : politics, punishment, and the Prison Officers' Union in California /

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Author / Creator:Page, Joshua.
Imprint:New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8561556
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Other uniform titles:Oxford scholarship online.
Notes:"Oxford scholarship online."
Title from home page (viewed May 10, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also issued in print format.
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.
Other form:Print version 9780195384055