Self-governing prisons: Prison gangs in an international perspective

This paper finds qualified support for the use of Skarbek’s (2011, 2014) governance theory to understand the emergence of prison gang-like groups in Kyrgyzstan, Northern Ireland and Brazil. However, Skarbek’s (2011, 2014) governance theory has little to say about how many prison gangs emerge and how...

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Main Author: Butler, Michelle (Author)
Contributors: Slade, Gavin ; Dias, Camila Nunes
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Trends in organized crime
Year: 2022, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-16
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Brazil
Gang Consolidation
Kyrgyzstan
Monopoly Power
Northern Ireland
Prison gangs
Prison governance