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The Prisoner Society

Paperback • 2012 • English

The Prisoner Society

By Ben Crewe

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About the book

While the use of imprisonment continues to rise in developed nations, we have little sociological knowledge of the prison's inner world. Based on extensive fieldwork in a medium-security prison, The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation and Social Life in an English Prison provides an in-depth analysis of the prison's social anatomy. It explains how power is exercised by the institution, individualizing the prisoner community and demanding particular forms of compliance and engagement. Drawing on ...Show more

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9780199653546

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

The Prisoner Society

Format

Paperback

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