| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and overview; The prison subculture; Violence and social order; Focusing on the mundane; Interpersonal dynamics; Designing a new analytical framework; 2 Methods and key concepts; The victimization study; The conflicts study; Direct observation; Defining terms; Prison violence viewed as conflict; 3 The extent and nature of victimization; Rates of victimization; Functions and contexts; Sexual assault; Trading; 4 Reciprocal victimization and bullying |
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BullyingThe victim's contribution to assaults in prison; 'Overlap' and reciprocal victimization; Victimization as a defining characteristic of the prison setting; 5 Fear and vulnerability; Self-reported fear; The safety paradox; Relative safety; Fear and space; The perception of prison as a high-risk setting; Vulnerable prisoner units; 6 Conflicts I: interests, relationships, catalysts; Interests at stake: what conflicts were about; Relationships: social distance between prisoners; Catalysts: behaviours that fuelled conflicts; 7 Conflicts II -- interpretations, purposes, social context |
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Interpretations: inferring the other's planPurposes: what injurious force was intended to achieve; Social context: the setting for conflict; 8 Power contests; Power and strength; Conflict in pairs; Imbalances of power; From conflict to contest; 9 Pathways to safety; Prisoners resolving conflicts; Factors impeding prevention; Creating safer prisons; Appendix; References; Index |
| Summary |
Prisons are dangerous places, and assaults, threats, theft and verbal abuse are pervasive - attributable both to the characteristics of the captive population and to an institutional sub culture which promotes violence as a means of resolving conflicts. Yet the crimes perpetrated by prisoners on other prisoners have attracted little interest, and criminological research has contributed little to an understanding of situations in which violence arises in penal institutions. This book seeks to remedy this, and to address and answer a number of key questions: how do features of the prison social |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Prison violence -- England
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Prisoners -- Violence against -- England
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Prison violence
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England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
O'Donnell, Ian
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Martin, Carol
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| ISBN |
9781317829102 |
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1317829107 |
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