RT Article
T1 Sexual activity in British men’s prisons: a culture of denial
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 6
SP 1379
OP 1397
A1 Stevens, Alicia
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1564819132
AB Theorized through Stanley Cohen’s sociology of denial and informed by testimonies from formerly imprisoned men, this article argues that a culture of denial limits the ability and willingness of prison authorities and prison staff to recognize, acknowledge and respond appropriately to the realities of sexual activity in British prisons. It has three objectives: to detail experiences of consensual and coercive sex; to elucidate the collective and collaborative cultural habit of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ by which what is known becomes not known and what is concealed remains hidden; and to show how this strategy leaves unprotected those who choose to engage in, or are coerced into, sexual activity.
K1 Prison
K1 Sex
K1 Rape
K1 Transactional sex
K1 Denial
K1 Condoms
K1 Verwaltigung
K1 Gefängnis
K1 Sexuelle Handlungen
K1 Tausch
K1 Leugnen
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw094