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Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Num Pages: 119 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; AFY; JFC; JKVM; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 197.
This Brief studies the important role that tattoos play in prison culture, and examines its unique manifestation among minority inmates. This work aims to provide a better understanding of prison group culture, particularly among social marginal groups, through the lens of Russian immigrants in Israeli prisons. Russian immigrants currently represent approximately 25% of the total Israeli prison population, and this book examines how tattoos show an important form of rebellion amongst this group. As tattoos are forbidden in some forms of Islam and Judaism, and the Israeli prison service confiscates over 200 homemade tattoo devices per year, this is a significant phenomenon ... Read more
This Brief studies the important role that tattoos play in prison culture, and examines its unique manifestation among minority inmates. This work aims to provide a better understanding of prison group culture, particularly among social marginal groups, through the lens of Russian immigrants in Israeli prisons. Russian immigrants currently represent approximately 25% of the total Israeli prison population, and this book examines how tattoos show an important form of rebellion amongst this group. As tattoos are forbidden in some forms of Islam and Judaism, and the Israeli prison service confiscates over 200 homemade tattoo devices per year, this is a significant phenomenon ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
Number of Pages
110
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319158709
SKU
V9783319158709
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About Efrat Shoham
Prof. Efrat Shoham is a senior criminologist in Ashkelon Academic College, Israel. She is chairperson of the Israeli Society of Criminology, and the research committee of the Israeli Prisoners Rehabilitation Authority. As well, she is director of the Sha'am Institute for Research on the Reintegration of released Prisoners in the Community, and co-editor of the Israeli Criminology journal. Over the ... Read more
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