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Enforcing the Convict Code : Violence and Prison Culture / Rebecca Trammell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (157 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781588269249
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365/.60973
LOC classification:
  • HV9025 ǂb T736 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Violence Behind Bars -- 2 Prison Culture -- 3 Race and Gangs -- 4 Gender, Sex, and Rape -- 5 Interpersonal Conflict -- 6 Mechanisms of Social Control -- 7 Where DoWe Go from Here? -- References -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Is it possible that a prison's gangs, racial tensions, and underground economy may actually serve to make it a less dangerous place? In this examination of violence behind bars, Rebecca Trammell illuminates the social code that prisoners enforce—in defiance of official rules and regulations—to maintain a predictable order. Trammell also compares the experiences of male and female prisoners, underscoring the role of gender and sexual assault in shaping life behind bars. Equally important, she explores the significance of prison culture for the fate of convicts when they leave the prison environment.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781588269249

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Violence Behind Bars -- 2 Prison Culture -- 3 Race and Gangs -- 4 Gender, Sex, and Rape -- 5 Interpersonal Conflict -- 6 Mechanisms of Social Control -- 7 Where DoWe Go from Here? -- References -- Index -- About the Book

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Is it possible that a prison's gangs, racial tensions, and underground economy may actually serve to make it a less dangerous place? In this examination of violence behind bars, Rebecca Trammell illuminates the social code that prisoners enforce—in defiance of official rules and regulations—to maintain a predictable order. Trammell also compares the experiences of male and female prisoners, underscoring the role of gender and sexual assault in shaping life behind bars. Equally important, she explores the significance of prison culture for the fate of convicts when they leave the prison environment.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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