The Society of Captives : A Study of a Maximum Security Prison.
The author 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 the...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the Princeton Classic Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Prison and Its Setting -- Chapter Two: The Regime of the Custodians -- Chapter Three: The Defects of Total Power -- Chapter Four: The Pains of Imprisonment -- Chapter Five: Argot Roles -- Chapter Six: Crisis and Equilibrium -- Chapter Seven: A Postscript for Reformers -- Epilogue: The Structural-Functional Perspective on Imprisonment -- Appendix A: A Note on Method -- Appendix B: The Routine of Imprisonment -- Index | |
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