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Philosophy behind bars : growth and development in prison
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ISBN: 1529205581 1529205573 1529205565 1529205549 1529205557 Year: 2021 Publisher: Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press,

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Long-term prisoners need to be given the space to reflect, and grow. This ground-breaking study found that engaging prisoners in philosophy education enabled them to think about some of the 'big' questions in life and as a result to see themselves and others differently. Using the prisoners' own words, Szifris shows the importance of this type of education for growth and development. She demonstrates how the philosophical dialogue led to a form of community which provided a space for self-reflection, pro-social interaction and communal exploration of ideas, which could have long-term positive consequences.


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Surviving incarceration
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ISBN: 1771120541 9781771120548 9781771120555 177112055X 9781771120531 1771120533 Year: 2014 Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario

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Is prison a humane form of punishment and an effective means of rehabilitation? Are current prison policies, such as shifting resources away from rehabilitation toward housing more offenders, improving the safety and lives of incarcerated populations? Considering that many Canadians have served time, are currently incarcerated, or may one day be incarcerated–and will be released back into society–it is essential for the functioning and betterment of communities that we understand the realities that shape the prison experience for adult male offenders. Surviving Incarceration reveals the unnecessary and omnipresent violence in prisons, the heterogeneity of the prisoner population, and the realities that different prisoners navigate in order to survive. Ricciardelli draws on interviews with almost sixty former federal prisoners to show how their criminal convictions, masculinity, and sexuality determined their social status in prison and, in consequence, their potential for victimization. The book outlines the modern "inmate code" that governs prisoner behaviours, the formal controls put forth by the administration, the dynamics that shape sex-offender experiences of incarceration, and the personal growth experiences of many prisoners as they cope with incarceration.


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Stranger Rape
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ISBN: 1442662433 9781442662438 9781442613461 9781442645363 1442645369 1442613467 1442662441 Year: 2012 Publisher: Toronto

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The book's major achievement is to recognize rapists and rape in their particularity and complexity in the hope that critical thinking about their lives and about their experiences in penal contexts and programs may eventually lead to what one respondent called his 'road to redemption'.


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Masculinities and the Adult Male Prison Experience
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ISBN: 1137399147 1137399155 9781137399144 Year: 2016 Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,

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This book critically analyses how men in prison act out their masculine identities. It considers how men negotiate their entry into prison, which can involve being placed into a feminine position relative to other men, and particularly looks at the subversion of heteronormative gender positionings through bodies, spaces, time, and relationships. Vulnerability is also taken as a key consideration, as men are shown to act out their masculinities for the benefit of an audience that matters to them. However, that audience is shown to be subject to change at any point in time. Using extensive ethnographic data drawn from adult male prisoners, the book adopts the viewpoint of the individual prisoner as a frame to consider masculinity. It also advances ethnographic research in criminology by reflecting upon the identity of researchers in prisons, particularly the female researcher's gendered identity in such environments. It will be of great interest to scholars of penology, gender and ethnography.

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Social sciences. --- Crime --- Juvenile delinquents. --- Corrections. --- Punishment. --- Sociology. --- Human body --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Social Sciences. --- Prison and Punishment. --- Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice. --- Crime and Society. --- Gender Studies. --- Sociology of the Body. --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Male prisoners --- Prison psychology. --- Masculinity. --- Psychology. --- Male prison inmates --- Men prison inmates --- Men prisoners --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Prisoners --- Psychology, Prison --- Psychology --- Criminology and Criminal Justice. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Penalties (Criminal law) --- Penology --- Corrections --- Impunity --- Retribution --- Correctional services --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Delinquents --- Delinquents, Juvenile --- Juvenile offenders --- Offenders, Juvenile --- Offenders, Youthful --- Young offenders --- Youthful offenders --- Criminals --- Youth --- Criminal sociology --- Criminology --- Sociology of crime --- Sociology --- Psychological aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Men --- Correctional psychology --- Crime—Sociological aspects. --- Human body-Social aspects. --- Human body—Social aspects. --- Prison psychology --- Masculinity

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