Remote control: Horizontal surveillance and the gendering of carceral punishment

Research traditionally suggests that men incarcerated in the USA regard horizontal surveillance—that is, monitoring the behaviors of other prisoners—as antithetical to notions of masculinity behind bars. Yet, following an 18-month ethnography in a US prison for men, this article reveals that the imp...

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Main Author: Gibson-Light, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-264
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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