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1 online resource (x, 230 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Prison subculture -- Violence and social order -- Focusing on the mundane -- Interpersonal dynamics -- Designing a new analytical framework -- Methods and key concepts -- Victimization study -- Conflicts study -- Direct observation -- Prison violence viewed as conflict -- Extent and nature of victimization -- Rates of victimization -- Functions and contexts -- Sexual assault -- Trading -- Reciprocal victimization and bullying -- Bullying -- Victim's contribution to assaults in prison -- 'Overlap' and reciprocal victimization -- Victimization as a defining characteristic of the prison setting -- Fear and vulnerability -- Self-reported fear -- Safety paradox -- Relative safety -- Fear and space -- Perception of prison as a high-risk setting -- Vulnerable prisoner units -- Conflicts I: interests, relationships, catalysts -- Interests at stake: what conflicts were about -- Relationships: social distance between prisoners -- Catalysts: behaviours that fuelled conflicts -- Conflicts II -- interpretations, purposes, social context -- Interpretations: inferring the other's plan -- Purposes: what injurious force was intended to achieve -- Social context: the setting for conflict -- Power contests -- Power and strength -- Conflict in pairs -- Imbalances of power -- From conflict to contest -- Pathways to safety -- Prisoners resolving conflicts -- Factors impeding prevention -- Creating safer prisons. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Prison violence -- England.
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Prison violence. |
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England. |
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Prisoners -- Violence against -- England.
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Prisoners. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
O'Donnell, Ian.
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Martin, Carol, 1954 April 30-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Edgar, Kimmett. Prison violence 1903240980 (DLC) 2003272649 (OCoLC)50526227 |
ISBN |
9781317829096 (electronic book) |
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1317829093 (electronic book) |
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1903240980 |
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9781903240984 |
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