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  • Prison Violence

    The Search for Recognition and Respect

    by Kate Gooch ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book analyses the nature, causes, logic, and culture of prison victimisation in an English young offender institution for young men aged 18-21 years old. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative research, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the gendered, situational, individual, and moral components of prison victimisation. It explores how wider technological, economic, policy, ... Read more

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  • Prison Stories

    Women Scholars’ Experiences Doing Research Behind Bars

    This book looks deeply at women researchers’ personal stories, struggles, and successes within the context of conducting research in the male-dominated sphere of prison studies. Their insights provide an analytical resource from which readers can better understand the context of doing prison research and the theoretical and methodological challenges that come with it. Their autoethnographic ... Read more

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