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The multicultural prison : ethnicity, masculinity, and social relations among prisoners /

This work presents a unique sociological analysis of the negotiation of ethnic difference within the closed world of the male prison. Using rich empirical material drawn from extensive qualitative research in Rochester Young Offenders' Institution and Maidstone prison, the author provides an ar...

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Main Author: Phillips, Coretta (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:
HMYOI Rochester.
HM Prison Maidstone.
HM Prison Maidstone
HMYOI Rochester
Prisons > Great Britain > Sociological aspects.
Prisons and race relations > Great Britain.
Masculinity > Social aspects.
Prison psychology > Great Britain.
Prisons > Grande-Bretagne > Aspect sociologique.
Prisons et relations raciales > Grande-Bretagne.
Masculinité > Aspect social.
Prisonniers > Psychologie > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Masculinity > Social aspects
Prison psychology
Prisons and race relations
Prisons > Sociological aspects
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This work presents a unique sociological analysis of the negotiation of ethnic difference within the closed world of the male prison. Using rich empirical material drawn from extensive qualitative research in Rochester Young Offenders' Institution and Maidstone prison, the author provides an arresting insight into how race is written into prison relations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199697229
0199697221
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9780191654428
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9780191654435
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