SOC 3740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Amaury Sport Organisation, Erving Goffman, Facility Management

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3740
• Professor: C Yule

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The carceral tour is as old as the modern prison. Tours of operational carceral spaces have been used for many purposes. E(cid:272)e(cid:374)tl(cid:455), tours ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) used as a deterre(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:373)e(cid:272)ha(cid:374)is(cid:373) to (cid:858)s(cid:272)are straight(cid:859) so-called at-risk youth. Erving goffman (1961) characterized carceral tours as a form of institutional display (cid:449)here parti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)ts are gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to the (cid:858)fro(cid:374)t stage(cid:859) of i(cid:373)prisonment. This goal is similar to that of bowden institution, a penitentiary in the prairie region that ai(cid:373)s (cid:858)to pro(cid:373)ote ope(cid:374)(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)(cid:272)ourage u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)al operatio(cid:374)s through structured tours of the i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)(cid:859) Depending on the institution, the frequency of tours ranges from twice a week (eifw no date) to one (si 2004) or two per month (rpc 1998; bi 2006) In every canadian federal penitentiary, there are designated staff members responsible for organizing facility tours requested by groups such as university classes and government officials.