Concept information
Preferred term
officer code
Definition
- Correctional officers form a distinct subculture within prisons, with their own beliefs and informal code of conduct that set them apart from inmates, administrators, and the world outside. The officer code is organized principally around ideas of solidarity within the subculture. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Officer Code]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/officer_code
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