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The Society of Captives : A Study of a Maximum Security Prison / Gresham M. Sykes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400828272
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365.33 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9475.N52 T77 2007
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction to the Princeton Classic Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Prison and Its Setting -- Chapter Two: The Regime of the Custodians -- Chapter Three: The Defects of Total Power -- Chapter Four: The Pains of Imprisonment -- Chapter Five: Argot Roles -- Chapter Six: Crisis and Equilibrium -- Chapter Seven: A Postscript for Reformers -- Epilogue: The Structural-Functional Perspective on Imprisonment -- Appendix A: A Note on Method -- Appendix B: The Routine of Imprisonment -- Index
Summary: The Society of Captives, first published in 1958, is a classic of modern criminology and one of the most important books ever written about prison.Gresham Sykes wrote the book at the height of the Cold War, motivated by the world's experience of fascism and communism to study the closest thing to a totalitarian system in American life: a maximum security prison. His analysis calls into question the extent to which prisons can succeed in their attempts to control every facet of life--or whether the strong bonds between prisoners make it impossible to run a prison without finding ways of "accommodating" the prisoners.Re-released now with a new introduction by Bruce Western and a new epilogue by the author, The Society of Captives will continue to serve as an indispensable text for coming to terms with the nature of modern power.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction to the Princeton Classic Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Prison and Its Setting -- Chapter Two: The Regime of the Custodians -- Chapter Three: The Defects of Total Power -- Chapter Four: The Pains of Imprisonment -- Chapter Five: Argot Roles -- Chapter Six: Crisis and Equilibrium -- Chapter Seven: A Postscript for Reformers -- Epilogue: The Structural-Functional Perspective on Imprisonment -- Appendix A: A Note on Method -- Appendix B: The Routine of Imprisonment -- Index

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The Society of Captives, first published in 1958, is a classic of modern criminology and one of the most important books ever written about prison.Gresham Sykes wrote the book at the height of the Cold War, motivated by the world's experience of fascism and communism to study the closest thing to a totalitarian system in American life: a maximum security prison. His analysis calls into question the extent to which prisons can succeed in their attempts to control every facet of life--or whether the strong bonds between prisoners make it impossible to run a prison without finding ways of "accommodating" the prisoners.Re-released now with a new introduction by Bruce Western and a new epilogue by the author, The Society of Captives will continue to serve as an indispensable text for coming to terms with the nature of modern power.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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