Power and Pain in the Modern Prison: The Society of Captives Revisited

by Ben Crewe (Editor), Andrew Goldsmith (Editor), Mark Halsey (Editor)

Overview

Sykes' The Society of Captives has stood as a classic of modern penology for nearly 60 years. However, the continued relevance of Sykes' seminal publication often passes unremarked by many contemporary scholars working in the very field that such works helped to define. This book combines a series of timely reflections on authority, power and governance in modern prison institutions as well as a reflection on the enduring relevance of the work of Gresham Sykes. With chapters from many of the most influential scholars undertaking prison research today, the contributions discuss such matters as the pains of imprisonment, penal order, staff-prisoner relationships and the everyday world of the prison, drawing on and critiquing Sykes's theories and insights, and placing them in their historic and contemporary context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192603135
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	10/26/2022
Series:	Clarendon Studies in Criminology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	424
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ben Crewe is Professor of Penology and Criminal Justice, and deputy director of the Prisons Research Centre, at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK. He has published widely on prisons and imprisonment, including his 2009 monograph 'The Prisoner Society' and (with Susie Hulley and Serena Wright) his recent book 'Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood: Adaptation, Identity and Time'. Andrew Goldsmith Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Criminology, and Director of the Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University, Adelaide Australia. He co-authored (with Mark Halsey and Andrew Groves) Tackling Correctional Corruption: An Integrity Promoting Approach (Palgrave 2016). He has more recently co-authored (with several others) a book on Cybercrime Prevention (Palgrave 2019). Previously, for Clarendon Press, he edited (and contributed to) Complaints Against the Police: The Trend to External Review (Clarendon, 1991). Mark Halsey is Professor of Criminology, Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University, Australia. He is the co-author of Generations Through Prison: Experiences of Intergenerational Imprisonment (Routledge 2020) and Young Offenders: Crime, Prison and Struggles for Desistance (Palgrave 2015).

Table of Contents

A letter from Gresham SykesIntroduction, Ben Crewe, Andrew Goldsmith, and Mark HalseySituating Sykes1. Sykes's prison in context: Change and continuity in the life span of a penitentiary, Craig Haney2. Sykes' method in context: The place and practice of 'slow science', Mark Halsey3. Sykes's problem of order in and out of context: Returning to the source in The Society of Captives, Richard Sparks4. Lost in translation: The Norwegian reading of The Society of Captives, Thomas UgelvikThe pains of imprisonment5. Beyond deprivations: The pains of imprisonment and the prisoner social system, Ben Crewe6. 'An iron fist in a silk glove': The pains of Halden prison, Yvonne Jewkes7. 'No country for old men': Changing prison demographics and the pains of imprisonment, John Pratt and Yoko Hosoi8. "I'm in a federal prison, and I've never felt more free": The multi-faceted pains experienced by incarcerated Indigenous women in Canada, Sandra Bucerius, Luca Berardi, and Kevin HaggertyPrisoner culture and society9. The Society of 'Sex Offenders', Alice Ievins10. Just don't wear prison issue!: Material deprivation, material machismo and the illicit prison economy, Kate Gooch11. The real human: Reimagining the 'real man' in The Society of Captives, Jonathan Simon12. Captives in society: The role of race in the carceral cycle, Rajeev Gundur and Daniel KavishOrder and authority13. The changing 'regime of the custodians': Visions of order and authority in high security prisons in England and Wales, 1988-2018, Alison Liebling14. Sykes' 'corruption of authority' and the sociology of prison corruption, Andrew Goldsmith15. Dynamic security or corruption of authority? Normalization and prisoner- staff relations in Danish prisons", Peter Scharff-Smith16. Conclusion, Mark Halsey, Andrew Goldsmith, and Ben Crewe