The Puzzle of Prison Order: Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World

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David Skarbek (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University)

The Puzzle of Prison Order

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Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World

David Skarbek (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
17 August 2020

Social & political philosophy; Prisons

Many people think prisons are all the same-rows of cells filled with violent men who officials rule with an iron fist. Yet, life behind bars varies in incredible ways. In some facilities, prison officials govern with care and attention to prisoners' needs. In others, officials have remarkably little influence on the everyday life of prisoners, sometimes not even providing necessities like food and clean water. Why does prison social order around the world look so remarkably different? In The Puzzle of Prison Order, David Skarbek develops a theory of why prisons and prison life vary so much. He finds that how they're governed-sometimes by the state, and sometimes by the prisoners-matters the most. He investigates life in a wide array of prisons-in Brazil, Bolivia, Norway, a prisoner of war camp, England and Wales, women's prisons in California, and a gay and transgender housing unit in the Los Angeles County Jail-to understand the hierarchy of life on the inside. Drawing on economics and a vast empirical literature on legal systems, Skarbek offers a framework to not only understand why life on the inside varies in such fascinating and novel ways, but also how social order evolves and takes root behind bars.

By: David Skarbek (Associate Professor of Political Science Associate Professor of Political Science Brown University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780190672508
ISBN 10: 0190672501
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 August 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Skarbek is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Political Theory Project at Brown University. He is the author of The Social Order of the Underworld (Oxford, 2014), which won the APSA's William Riker Award for best book in political economy and the Outstanding Book Award from International Association for the Study of Organized Crime.

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An illuminating work of much interest to students of crime and punishment. * Kirkus *

Winner of Winner of the Best Book Award in International Criminology from the American Society for Criminology.

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The Puzzle of Prison Order

Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World

David Skarbek (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University)

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