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The society of captives : a study of a maximum security prison / by Gresham M. Sykes ; with a new introductio by Bruce Western and a new epilogue by the author.
- Title
- The society of captives : a study of a maximum security prison / by Gresham M. Sykes ; with a new introductio by Bruce Western and a new epilogue by the author.
- Author
- Sykes, Gresham M.
- Publication
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2007.
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Details
- Description
- xxxviii, 161 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "The Society of Captives, first published in 1958, is a classic of modern criminology and . . . [an] important book . . . about prison. Gresham Sykes wrote the book at the height of the Cold War, motivated by the world's experience of fascism and communism to study the closest thing to a totalitarian system in American life: a maximum security prison. His analysis calls into question the extent to which prisons can succeed in their attempts to control every facet of life--or whether the strong bonds between prisoners make it impossible to run a prison without finding ways of "accommodating" the prisoners. Re-released now with a new introduction by Bruce Western and a new epilogue by the author, The Society of Captives will continue to serve as an indispensable text for coming to terms with the nature of modern power." -- Publisher's description
- Series Statement
- Princeton classic editions
- Uniform Title
- Princeton classic editions
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- History
- Note
- Originally published, 1958.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. The prison and its setting -- 2. The regime of the custodians -- 3. The defects of total power -- 4. The pains of imprisonment -- 5. Argot roles -- 6. Crisis and equilibrium -- 7. A postscript for reformers -- Epilogue. The structural-functional perspective of imprisonment -- Appendix A.A note on method -- Appendix B. The routine of imprisonment.
- ISBN
- 9780691130644 (pb : alk. paper)
- 0691130647 (pb : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2006052590
- OCLC
- 76143860
- SCSB-12682318
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library