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The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skarbek, David, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prison gangs--United States.
- Prison gangs.
- Prison administration--United States.
- Prison administration.
- Prison violence--United States.
- Prison violence.
- Prisoners--United States.
- Prisoners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Other Title:
- social order of the underworld
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume studies the social order of the prison underworld to understand how extra-legal institutions form, operate, and evolve. It uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics. It uses economics to explain why prison gangs form, how they interact with formal institutions, and how they influence crime beyond prison walls. Economics explains the seemingly irrational, truly astonishing, and often tragic world of prison life.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 20, 2014).
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