Young men, masculinities and imprisonment : an ethnographic study in Northern Ireland / Conor Murray.

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Young men, masculinities and imprisonment : an ethnographic study in Northern Ireland / Conor Murray.

9783031333989 electronic book
3031333985 electronic book
9783031333972
3031333977

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

English

1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

10.1007/978-3-031-33398-9 doi

HV9960.G7 M87 2023

365.9416

Given the connection between youth, maleness and crime, the literature on the imprisonment of young men is surprisingly sparse. Murray's book opens up this world with a sensitive and insightful analysis that advances our understanding significantly, charting the layered masculine dynamics of Hydebank Wood. ---Ben Crewe, Professor of Penology and Criminal Justice and Deputy Director of the Prisons Research Centre, University of Cambridge, UK Given the over-involvement of young men in crime and young mens disproportionally high rates of reoffending, it is surprising that more research has not explored young mens experiences of prison. This book is based on the findings of a nine-month ethnographic case study of Hydebank Wood College, a young mens prison in Northern Ireland. It seeks to explore the complexity of gender construction and masculine performance during young adulthood, while also exposing and dissecting the turbulent social life of a young mens prison. In examining these themes, the book takes account of the unique social, economic, and political factors that impact young men in communities in Northern Ireland, paying particular attention to their feelings of powerlessness, marginalisation, and vulnerability, and the construction of identity in cultures defined by territorialism, violence, masculine stoicism, and an anti-authority code of honour. The book follows the formation of masculinities through the prison gate and considers how the penal environment contributes to the continual shaping young mens identities. The book also adopts Gambettas concept of signalling to examine how young men use different practices, such as language and embodiment, to communicate masculinity to their wider social audience. At the same time, it also considers the reluctance of young men to communicate about their sources of vulnerability. Conor Murray is Lecturer in Criminology within the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University, Northern Ireland. He is the Director of Postgraduate Research within the School, and Ulster Universitys Institutional Director for the ESRC Northern Ireland and North-East England Doctoral Training Partnership.

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