Prison Masculinities - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566398169 ISBN 13: 9781566398169

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Explores the ways in which prisons mirror the worst aspects of society-wide gender relations. The book includes contributions from activists, academics and prisoners. Topics looked at include roles that men play in prison and the connections between hierarchy and violence.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Activists, academics, and prisoners shed light on male hierarchy in prison and in society.

From the Inside Flap:

"A remarkable book, which confirms our worst fears about the ongoing failure of the U.S. prison system. And yet if offers real hope, real ideas for change. Every legislator in America should be locked in Solitary and forced to read Prison Masculinities." —Tom Fontana, creator of Oz

"The enforced sequestration of men and women results in hard time, and invites adaptive responses that can often be unseemly, ugly, and destructive. This book shows how male prisons have becme stages for the display and posturing of caricatured masculinity, including the victimization of vulnerable fellow-prisoners. The contribution is impotant, timely, and challenging." —Hans Toch, Distinguished Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, SUNY, and author of Mosaic of Despair and Corrections: A Humanistic Approach

"...an intricate puzzle piece to anyone wishing to comprehend the byproducts of American culture and the criminal justice system." —BLU

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1566398169
• ISBN 13: 9781566398169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Don Sabo, Terry A. Kupers, Willie London