The multicultural prison [electronic resource] : ethnicity, masculinity, and social relations among prisoners / Coretta Phillips.

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Phillips, Coretta

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Clarendon studies in criminologyPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780191760556 (ebook) :

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365.942 23

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HV9647

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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.

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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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