The puzzle of prison order: why life behind bars varies around the world

'The Puzzle of Prison Order' presents a theory of why prisons and prison life vary so much. While many people think prisons are all the same-rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist, life behind bars varies in incredible ways. In some facilities, prison of...

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Main Author: Skarbek, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
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Keywords:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Cross-cultural studies
Criminal justice, Administration of ; Cross-cultural studies
Imprisonment > Cross-cultural studies
Imprisonment ; Cross-cultural studies
Prisoners > Cross-cultural studies
Prisoners ; Cross-cultural studies
Prisons > Cross-cultural studies
Prisons ; Cross-cultural studies
Strafvollzug > Kriminalsoziologie > Kulturvergleich > Internationaler Vergleich
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 168981134X
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Summary:'The Puzzle of Prison Order' presents a theory of why prisons and prison life vary so much. While many people think prisons are all the same-rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist, life behind bars varies in incredible ways. In some facilities, prison officials govern with care and attention to prisoners' needs. In others, officials have remarkably little influence on the everyday life of prisoners, sometimes not even providing necessities like food and clean water. Why does prison social order around the world look so remarkably different? This text shows that how prisons are governed - sometimes by the state and sometimes by the prisoners - is tremendously important.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780190090234
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190672492.001.0001