The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system / David Skarbek.
2014
343.261:343.9.02 S537 [17-08-2300085989]
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Title
The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system / David Skarbek.
Author
Skarbek, David.
Description
xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780199328499 (hardback : alk. paper)t
9780199328505 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780199328505 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-216).
Formatted Contents Note
Governance institutions and the prison community : men"s central jail
The convict code : death row
The rise of prison gangs : my brother"s keeper
Governance in the society of captives : background check
The internal organization of prison gangs : Macarthur Park
How prison gangs govern the outside : puppet
What works?.
The convict code : death row
The rise of prison gangs : my brother"s keeper
Governance in the society of captives : background check
The internal organization of prison gangs : Macarthur Park
How prison gangs govern the outside : puppet
What works?.
Call Number
343.261:343.9.02 S537 [17-08-2300085989]
Location
General 343.261:343.9.02 S537 [17-08-2300085989]
Record Appears in
UNOV Library > UNLV General Collection
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Language
English