| Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) |
| Contents |
The prison subculture -- Violence and social order -- Focusing on the mundane -- Interpersonal dynamics -- Designing a new analytical framework -- Methods and key concepts -- The victimization study -- The conflicts study -- Direct observation -- Prison violence viewed as conflict -- The extent and nature of victimization -- Rates of victimization -- Functions and contexts -- Sexual assault -- Trading -- Reciprocal victimization and bullying -- Bullying -- The victim's contribution to assaults in prison -- 'Overlap' and reciprocal victimization -- Victimization as a defining characteristic of the prison setting -- 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 -- Conflicts I: interests, relationships, catalysts -- Interests at stake: what conflicts were about -- Relationships: social distance between prisoners -- Catalysts: behaviours that fuelled conflicts -- Conflicts II -- interpretations, purposes, social context -- Interpretations: inferring the other's plan -- Purposes: what injurious force was intended to achieve -- Social context: the setting for conflict -- Power contests -- Power and strength -- Conflict in pairs -- Imbalances of power -- From conflict to contest -- Pathways to safety -- Prisoners resolving conflicts -- Factors impeding prevention -- Creating safer prisons |
| Summary |
Prisons are dangerous places - assaults and threats are pervasive - this is attributable to the characteristics of the captive population and an institutional culture which promotes violence. This title seeks to address this issue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Prison violence -- England
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Prisoners -- Violence against -- England
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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Prison violence
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Strafvollzug
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Geweld.
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Machtsverhoudingen.
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Gevangenissen.
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Milieu carcéral.
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Prison.
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Prisonnier.
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Résolution de conflits.
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Victime de violence.
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Violence.
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England
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Großbritannien
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Angleterre.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
O'Donnell, Ian
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Martin, Carol, 1954 April 30-
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| ISBN |
9781317829096 |
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1317829093 |
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