PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF PRISON CONFLICT - NEGOTIATION AS A MEANS OF DEALING WITH PRISON CONFLICT

• NCJ Number: 12038
• Author(s): V O'LEARY; T CLEAR
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 119 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Document

Annotation

STUDY OF RATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATING PROCESSES DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INMATES AND INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS.

Abstract

THE REPORT REVIEWS THE NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES IN A PRISON SETTING WITH EMPHASIS ON NEGOTIATION DURING A TIME OF CRISIS. THE INITIAL DECISION - TO NEGOTIATE OR NOT - IS DISCUSSED, AS ARE METHODS OF INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOMES, THE PARTIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ROLES OF THIRD PARTIES, HANDLING GRIEVANCES AND DEMANDS, AND CONCLUDING THE AGREEMENTS. ALSO EXAMINED ARE METHODS OF AVOIDING CRISES THROUGH NEGOTIATION STRATEGY, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS STRATEGY.