Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home How

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.

Paul C. Price is Associate Professor of Sociology at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California.

Preface

vii

1. Opportunity Boys' Home: An Introduction

1

(12)

On Juvenile Hall

4

(1)

On Deinstitutionalization

5

(1)

On Negotiation

6

(1)

Approaches to Social Control

7

(2)

Book Overview

9

(1)

Notes

10

(3)

2. Setting

13

(14)

Facility Structure

15

(3)

Kitchen Structure

17

(1)

Social Services and Business Office

18

(1)

OBH Staff

18

(6)

Executive Director, Clinical Director and Intake Worker

18

(3)

Officer of the Day

21

(1)

Dorm Staff and Their Role

22

(2)

Summary

24

(1)

Notes

25

(2)

3. Learning Control

27

(18)

Formal Training

28

(3)

Learn by Doing, and Learning Control From Others

31

(5)

Learning by Mistake

36

(2)

Learning Control From Residents

38

(5)

Discussion

43

(1)

Notes

43

(2)

4. Everyday Control

45

(28)

Situational Remedies

47

(14)

Ordering

48

(5)

Hands-On Correction

53

(3)

Requesting

56

(5)

Institutional Responses

61

(10)

Types of Punishments: "Consequences"

62

(6)

Recording Punishments: Logs and Incident Reports

68

(3)

Summary

71

(1)

Notes

72

(1)

5. Institutional Emergencies: Panic Button

73

(22)

Emergencies at OBH

75

(2)

Charging to the Scene

77

(7)

False Alarms

84

(3)

Evaluating Staff Use of the Panic Button

87

(4)

Summary

91

(1)

Notes

92

(3)

6. Resident Leaving: Awoling

95

(26)

Deciding to Awol

96

(1)

Awol Types

97

(7)

Awols: Detection, Non-Detection

104

(1)

Process of Awoling

105

(10)

The Duran Case

107

(2)

The Mata Case

109

(1)

The Brown Case

110

(5)

Awol Returns

115

(3)

Notes

118

(3)

7. Resident Leaving: Juvenile Hall

121

(20)

Threats, Evaluations and Contracts as Punishment

122

(3)

Precipitating Incidents

125

(4)

Juvenile Hall: Telling Residents

129

(1)

Transporting Residents to Juvenile Hall: Between Control Structures

130

(3)

Returning from JH to OBH: Process and Staff Thoughts

133

(5)

Summary

138

(1)

Notes

139

(2)

8. Afterthoughts

141

(6)

9. Appendix: Research Methods and Charts

147

(10)

Role of Researcher

147

(6)

Frontline Staff/Resident Population Chart

153

(1)

Opportunity Boys' Home Awol Report

154

(1)

Opportunity Boys' Home Incident Report

155

(1)

Notes

156

(1)

Bibliography

157

(6)

Index

163

(6)

About the Author

169

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