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'A Perfect Storm' : An Ethnography of a Prison Crisis.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Mara, Oscar.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prison administration.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- This ethnography of an English adult male prison explores a polycrisis of violence, self-harm, overcrowding and the COVID-19 pandemic.Using Bourdieu's field theory, it uniquely highlights the complex interplay of policy, people and practices to reveal how prisons exacerbate social inequality.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: O'Mara, Oscar 'a Perfect Storm'
- ISBN:
- 9781529253177
- OCLC:
- 1603250271
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