Enforcing the Convict Code: Violence and Prison Culture
- ISBN-10
- 158826808X
- ISBN-13
- 9781588268082
- Category
- Prison administration
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Rebecca Trammell
Description
The author used qualitative data collected in 2005 and 2006 in California to explore how former inmates (men and women) understand and explain prison violence and inmate culture.--Chapter 1.
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