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Prison violence : the dynamics of conflict, fear and power /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cullompton, UK ; Portland, Or. :
Willan,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.