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The prisoner society : power, adaptation, and social life in an English prison / Ben Crewe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crewe, Ben, author.
- Series:
- Clarendon studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--Great Britain.
- Prisons.
- Prisoners--Great Britain.
- Prisoners.
- Prison psychology--Great Britain.
- Prison psychology.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 519 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English.
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- The Prisoner Society offers an in-depth sociological analysis of prison life drawn from the life stories and experiences of prisoners and the testimony of officers, managers and prison governors at the UK prison HMP Wellingborough, a medium security prison.
- Contents:
- The penal context and history
- Institutional culture and power in HMP Wellingborough
- Power
- Adaptation, compliance, and resistance
- The prisoner hierarchy
- Friendship and social relations
- Everyday social life and culture
- Concluding comments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2018.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Crewe, Ben. Prisoner society.
- ISBN:
- 9780191702266
- 0191702269
- 9780191629730
- 0191629731
- OCLC:
- 761399773
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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