Download or read book Resolution of Prison Riots written by Bert Useem and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book uses eight diverse case studies of prison riots to explore how the outcomes were affected by policies, procedures, management, communications, and strategy immediately before, during, and after the riot. Exploring the results achieved by negotiation, by force, and by simply waiting, the authors illuminate the factors most important in controlling the costs of damage and human suffering that can result from increasingly common prison disturbances.