Who referred to prison as a total institution; “a place of residence and work where a large number of like-suited individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life”?

a. Alexander Maconochie
b. Torsten Erikkson
c. Erving Goffman
d. Zebulon Brockway


Answer: c
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