Prisoners in prison societies / Ulla V. Bondeson.
| Author/creator | Bondeson, Ulla, 1937- |
| Other author | Bondeson, Ulla, 1937- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, ©1989. |
| Description | ix, 371 pages : tables, graphs ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Swedish correctional institutions in international and historical perspective -- Theory and methodology -- The informal social system -- General assessment of the effects of institutional life -- Criminalization at the institution measured by criminal attitudes and solidarity -- Argot knowledge as an indicator of criminalization -- Indirect criminalization -- Psychological and social harm at the institutions -- Deteriorated social conditions outside the institution and reconfinements -- Positive impact processes -- Institutional socialization -- Prisonization and recidivism -- Impediments to reform -- Appendix A. Selection of institutions and the field work -- Appendix B. Description of the institutions -- Appendix C. Description of the inmates. |
| General note | "The English edition of this book differs in many ways from the previous Swedish one, Fången i fångsamhället ... which was in 1974 my doctoral dissertation"--Author (vii). |
| General note | First paperback printing 2011. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (p. 349-364) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 88001342 |
| ISBN | 0887382053 |
| ISBN | 9780887382055 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781412842358 (paper) |
| ISBN | 1412842352 (paper) |