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Competing for Control
Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108735742
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
29.08.2019
Seiten:
310
Autor:
David C Pyrooz
Gewicht:
467 g
Format:
229x152x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
David C. Pyrooz is Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Associate of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research interests are in the area of gangs and criminal networks, developmental and life-course criminology, and incarceration and re-entry.
Examines the role of prison gangs and their members in controlling life in prison.
1. Foundation for the study; 2. Understanding gangs in prison; 3. The LoneStar Project; 4. The characteristics of gang members in prison; 5. The characteristics of gangs in prison; 6. The role of gangs in the social order of prisons; 7. Misconduct and victimization in prison; 8. Joining and avoiding gangs in prison; 9. Continuity and change in prison gang membership; 10. Implications of competing for control.