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5 J. Res. Crime & Delinquency 1 (1968)

handle is hein.journals/jrcd5 and id is 1 raw text is: .Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency VOLUME 5 JANUARY 1968 NUMBER 1 Staff-Inmate Collaboration* A Study of Critical Incidents and Consequences in the Silverlake Experiment LAMAR T. EMPEY Chairman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Senior Research Associate, Youth Studies Center, University of Southern California Ph.D. (Sociology), 1955, Washington State University GEORGE E. NEWLAND Research Assistant, Youth Studies Center, University of Southern California A.A. (Sociology), 1967, Los Angeles City College This paper utilizes critical incident data to analyze explora- tory attempts to increase inmate-staff collaboration in a commu- nity delinquency experiment. Analyses indicated that (1) in- mates and staff liberally shared information regarding problem behavior; (2) the majority of incidents were precipitated by only a minority of persistently deviant persons; and (3) the emergent program culture was increasingly effective as a social-control mechanism. However, this institutional culture or code may have been overly punitive and restrictive. Discussion of the complex pressures which led to this situation highlight the consequences of individual and systemic interaction. E VER PRESENT in correctional orga- nizations is the problem of *The research of which this paper is a part is financed by the Rosenberg Founda- tion, the Ford Foundation, and the Boys Republic, Chino, Calif. Western Data Proc- essing Center, University of California at Los Angeles, provided computer time and facilities without cost. Grateful acknowledg- ment is expressed to all four. Appreciation is also expressed to Malcolm IV. Klein, Steven G. Lubeck, and Robert D. Vlinter for their review of and comments on this article. finding ways to establish effective col- laboration between staff and offend- ers. Legally, staff members are vested with complete authority and ostensi- bly retain power over all inmate conduct; but this is a myth. Juxta- posed with the official organization of the prison, says Schrag, is an unofficial social system originating within the institution and regulating inmate conduct with respect to focal issues, such as length of sentence, rela-

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