Guards as Embezzlers: The Consequences of “Nonshareable Problems” in Prison Settings

Authors: Worley, Robert¹; Cheeseman, Kelly Ann²

Source: Deviant Behavior, Volume 27, Number 2, Number 2/March-April 2006 , pp. 203-222(20)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Some correctional employees end their careers in disgrace by engaging in “inappropriate relationships” with inmates. This study employed face-to-face interviews with thirty-two inmate manipulators who admitted to behaving inappropriately with prison staff members. Based on the interviews, our findings indicate that offenders are very likely to persist in establishing relationships with correctional employees who have what Cressey (1973) refers to as “non-shareable” problems in his classic study of embezzlers.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/01639620500468592

Affiliations: 1: Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA 2: Old Dominon University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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