The prison subculture --Violence and social order --Focusing on the mundane --Interpersonal dynamics --Designing a new analytical framework --Methods and key concepts --The victimization study --The conflicts study --Direct observation --Prison...
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The prison subculture --Violence and social order --Focusing on the mundane --Interpersonal dynamics --Designing a new analytical framework --Methods and key concepts --The victimization study --The conflicts study --Direct observation --Prison violence viewed as conflict --The extent and nature of victimization --Rates of victimization --Functions and contexts --Sexual assault --Trading --Reciprocal victimization and bullying --Bullying --The victim's contribution to assaults in prison --'Overlap' and reciprocal victimization --Victimization as a defining characteristic of the prison setting --Fear and vulnerability --Self-reported fear --The safety paradox --Relative safety --Fear and space --The perception of prison as a high-risk setting --Vulnerable prisoner units --Conflicts I: interests, relationships, catalysts --Interests at stake: what conflicts were about --Relationships: social distance between prisoners --Catalysts: behaviours that fuelled conflicts --Conflicts II -- interpretations, purposes, social context --Interpretations: inferring the other's plan --Purposes: what injurious force was intended to achieve --Social context: the setting for conflict --Power contests --Power and strength --Conflict in pairs --Imbalances of power --From conflict to contest --Pathways to safety --Prisoners resolving conflicts --Factors impeding prevention --Creating safer prisons.
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The prison subcultureViolence and social orderFocusing on the mundaneInterpersonal dynamicsDesigning a new analytical frameworkMethods and key conceptsThe victimization studyThe conflicts studyDirect observationPrison violence viewed as conflictThe extent and nature of victimizationRates of victimizationFunctions and contextsSexual assaultTradingReciprocal victimization and bullyingBullyingThe victim's contribution to assaults in prison'Overlap' and reciprocal victimizationVictimization as a defining characteristic of the prison settingFear and vulnerabilitySelf-reported fearThe safety paradoxRelative safetyFear and spaceThe perception of prison as a high-risk settingVulnerable prisoner unitsConflicts I: interests, relationships, catalystsInterests at stake: what conflicts were aboutRelationships: social distance between prisonersCatalysts: behaviours that fuelled conflictsConflicts II - interpretations, purposes, social contextInterpretations: inferring the other's planPurposes: what injurious force was intended to achieveSocial context: the setting for conflictPower contestsPower and strengthConflict in pairsImbalances of powerFrom conflict to contestPathways to safetyPrisoners resolving conflictsFactors impeding preventionCreating safer prisons.
