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Prison Violence : Conflict, power and vicitmization.
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 oth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.