What is it about?
The chapter comprises the emotional work of prison officers, encountering prisoners in prisons.
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Why is it important?
It is a broad summary of existing international research on this topic, and especially the development in later years concerning Swedish prison work.
Perspectives
The concept of Emotional Labour is an important tool to analyze the difficult work in prisons
Assistant Prof Per Å Nylander
Örebro University
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This page is a summary of: The emotional labour of prison work, June 2020, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.4324/9780429055669-6.
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