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Didier Fassin - Prison Worlds: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition - 9781509507542 - V9781509507542
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Prison Worlds: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition

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Description for Prison Worlds: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition Hardback. The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 740.

The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment. How can we understand the place that the correctional system occupies in contemporary societies? What are the experiences of those who are incarcerated as well as those who work there?

To answer these questions, Didier Fassin conducted a four-year-long study in a French short-stay prison, following inmates from their trial to their release. He shows how the widespread use of imprisonment has reinforced social and racial inequalities and how advances in civil rights clash with the rationales and practices ... Read more

At a time when many countries have begun to realize the impasse of mass incarceration and question the consequences of the punitive turn, this book will provide empirical and theoretical tools to reflect on the meaning of punishment in contemporary societies.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509507542
SKU
V9781509507542
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-18

About Didier Fassin
Didier Fassin is James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Reviews for Prison Worlds: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition
"In his penetrating field study, Didier Fassin introduces English-speaking readers to the social process of incarceration in France, from the courtroom to the prison. Fassin shows how a poor and largely immigrant population becomes entangled in a criminal justice system whose everyday operation reflects and reinforces the contours of social and economic inequality. Remarkable in its range and empirical detail, ... Read more

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