The Resource The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system, David Skarbek
The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system, David Skarbek
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The item The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system, David Skarbek represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- This volume studies the social order of the prison underworld to understand how extra-legal institutions form, operate, and evolve. It uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics. It uses economics to explain why prison gangs form, how they interact with formal institutions, and how they influence crime beyond prison walls. Economics explains the seemingly irrational, truly astonishing, and often tragic world of prison life
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system
- Title
- The social order of the underworld
- Title remainder
- how prison gangs govern the American penal system
- Statement of responsibility
- David Skarbek
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This volume studies the social order of the prison underworld to understand how extra-legal institutions form, operate, and evolve. It uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics. It uses economics to explain why prison gangs form, how they interact with formal institutions, and how they influence crime beyond prison walls. Economics explains the seemingly irrational, truly astonishing, and often tragic world of prison life
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Skarbek, David
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Prison gangs
- Prison administration
- Prison violence
- Prisoners
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system, David Skarbek
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- osoEDZ0000243852
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
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- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780199378890
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system, David Skarbek
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- osoEDZ0000243852
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
-
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780199378890
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Specific material designation
- remote
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