The multicultural prison: ethnicity, masculinity, and social relations among prisoners

This work presents a unique sociological analysis of the negotiation of ethnic difference within the closed world of the male prison. Using rich empirical material drawn from extensive qualitative research in Rochester Young Offenders' Institution and Maidstone prison, the author provides an ar...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Phillips, Coretta
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2012
Zusammenfassung:
This work presents a unique sociological analysis of the negotiation of ethnic difference within the closed world of the male prison. Using rich empirical material drawn from extensive qualitative research in Rochester Young Offenders' Institution and Maidstone prison, the author provides an arresting insight into how race is written into prison relations.
Umfang:
1 online resource (215 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-165443-4
0-19-165442-6
1-283-94380-8
0-19-176055-2
Schlagworte:
Masculinity.
Prison psychology.
Prisons.
Prisons and race relations.
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