Where “Old Heads” prevail: inmate hierarchy in a men’s prison unit

Research on inmate social order, a once-vibrant area, receded just as U.S. incarceration rates climbed and the country’s carceral contexts dramatically changed. This study returns to inmate society with an abductive mixed-methods investigation of informal status within a contemporary men’s prison un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kreager, Derek A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: American sociological review
Year: 2017, Volume: 82, Issue: 4, Pages: 685-718
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Incarceration
Prison
Networks
Hierarchy
Status
Mixed methods
Inhaftierung
Gefängnis
Strafvollzug
Hierarchie
Netzwerk