Enforcing the Convict Code : : Violence and Prison Culture / / Rebecca Trammell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Trammell, Rebecca,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Violence Behind Bars --; 2 Prison Culture --; 3 Race and Gangs --; 4 Gender, Sex, and Rape --; 5 Interpersonal Conflict --; 6 Mechanisms of Social Control --; 7 Where DoWe Go from Here? --; References --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781588269249; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781588269249
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rebecca Trammell.

Is it possible that a prison's gangs, racial tensions, and underground economy may actually serve to make it a less dangerous place? In this examination of violence behind bars, Rebecca Trammell illuminates the social code that prisoners enforce—in defiance of official rules and regulations—to maintain a predictable order. Trammell also compares the experiences of male and female prisoners, underscoring the role of gender and sexual assault in shaping life behind bars. Equally important, she explores the significance of prison culture for the fate of convicts when they leave the prison environment.