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The hidden life of Polish prisons

Title
The hidden life of Polish prisons / Paweł Moczydłowski.
Author
Moczydłowski, Paweł, 1953-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1992.

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Description
xvi, 190 pages; 22 cm
Summary
"The first behind-the-walls look at the "hidden life" of Polish prisons, this book penetrates the inmates' facade of silence and deception toward outsiders and presents a vivid portrait of the prison's secret social organization."--BOOK JACKET. "In Poland, as in the United States, the stated aim of imprisonment is to resocialize inmates to prepare them to reenter normal society. But in a country where every eighth adult male has gone to prison, over 30 percent more than once, the efficacy of incarceration has been called into question. Moczydtowski set out to discover that feature of prison which might account for the failure of the penal system. He found it in the prison's unique social structure."--BOOK JACKET. "The secret life of prisons, he finds, is generated by three groups of relations: in the prisoners' community, in the community of prison functionaries, and in the relations between the prisoners and the functionaries. His description of the origins and functions of these hidden relationships is both a unique look at life behind bars in an Eastern European country and an important contribution to comparative criminology."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Prisons > Poland > Case studies
  • Interpersonal relations > Case studies
  • Criminals > Rehabilitation > Poland > Case studies
  • Criminals > Rehabilitation
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Prisons
  • Gefängnis
  • Soziologie
  • Gevangenissen
  • Sociale relaties
  • Poland
  • Polen
Genre/Form
  • Case studies
  • Case studies.
  • Études de cas.
Note
  • Translated from Polish.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-184) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Hal Pepinsky -- pt. I. Thou Shalt Not Do Much Research. 1. A Reserved Terrain. 2. Prison Paranoia. 3. Learning from the Failure of Previous Studies. 4. To Do the Study in Any Way Possible. 5. Prisons Selected for the Study -- pt. II. Behind the Facade of Formal Organization. 6. Among "Crooks" 7. Between the "Screws" and the "Crooks" 8. Among the "Screws" 9. Social Relations in "Hidden Life."
ISBN
  • 0253338611
  • 9780253338617
LCCN
91047660
OCLC
  • ocm25131113
  • 25131113
  • SCSB-1973088
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library