Enforcing the convict code : violence and prison culture / Rebecca Trammell.
2012
HV9025 .T73 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Enforcing the convict code : violence and prison culture / Rebecca Trammell.
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ISBN
9781588268082 (alk. paper)
158826808X (alk. paper)
158826808X (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Boulder [Colo.] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.
Language
English
Description
ix, 157 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV9025 .T73 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
365/.60973
Summary
The author used qualitative data collected in 2005 and 2006 in California to explore how former inmates (men and women) understand and explain prison violence and inmate culture.--Chapter 1.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-148) and index.
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Table of Contents
Violence behind bars
Prison culture
Race and gangs
Gender, sex, and rape
Interpersonal conflict
Mechanisms of social control
Where do we go from here?
Prison culture
Race and gangs
Gender, sex, and rape
Interpersonal conflict
Mechanisms of social control
Where do we go from here?