Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 161 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-4008-2827-2
Content:
The Society of Captives, first published in 1958, is a classic of modern criminology and one of the most important books ever written about prison.Gresham Sykes wrote the book at the height of the Cold War, motivated by the world's experience of fascism and communism to study the closest thing to a totalitarian system in American life: a maximum security prison. His analysis calls into question the extent to which prisons can succeed in their attempts to control every facet of life--or whether the strong bonds between prisoners make it impossible to run a prison without finding ways of "accommodating" the prisoners.Re-released now with a new introduction by Bruce Western and a new epilogue by the author, The Society of Captives will continue to serve as an indispensable text for coming to terms with the nature of modern power
Additional Edition:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Sykes, Gresham M. The society of captives Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-691-13064-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-691-13064-7
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Gefängnis
;
Gefangener
;
Lebensbedingungen
;
Soziologie
;
Psychologie
;
Strafvollzug
;
Soziologie
;
Strafvollzug
;
Reform
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
DOI:
10.1515/9781400828272
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Author information:
Western, Bruce 1964-
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