Capturing the culture of control within Cook County Jail: A thematic analysis of urban jail overcrowding 1993 through 2003
by Walsh, John P., Ph.D., INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 2009, 233 pages; 3380137

Abstract:

This study analyzes the organizational and individual level interaction of an ongoing federal consent decree related to jail overcrowding within Cook County, Illinois. Using frame analysis grounded in social constructionist theory, research questions examining the dominant, emergent, and residual themes posited by claims-makers involved in the dispute are examined. Applying qualitative content analysis methods, primary source documents produced by claims-makers and local newspaper articles related to the dispute are analyzed between 1993 and 2003. The interactions between disputants are applied to incarceration ideologies, a loosely coupled criminal justice system, local criminal justice net-widening, and the social reality of an urban jail.

 
AdviserArvind Verma
SchoolINDIANA UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/A 70-12, p. , Jan 2010
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsCultural anthropology; Public administration; Criminology
Publication Number3380137
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