The multicultural prison [electronic resource] : ethnicity, masculinity, and social relations among prisoners / Coretta Phillips.
Series: Clarendon studies in criminology: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceISBN: 9780191760556Subject(s): Prisons -- Great Britain -- Sociological aspects | Prisons and race relations -- Great Britain | Masculinity -- Social aspects | Prison psychology -- Great Britain | HMYOI Rochester | HM Prison Maidstone | True Crime | Social services & welfare, criminologyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199697229DDC classification: 365.942 LOC classification: HV9647Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 20, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.