Power and Resistance in Prison Doing Time, Doing Freedom

This book explores how prisoners turn themselves into active opponents of the prison regime, and thus reclaim their freedom and manhood. Using extensive ethnographic fieldwork from Norway's largest prison, Ugelvik provides a compelling analysis of the rel

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10.1057/9781137307866 - Power and Resistance in Prison, Thomas Ugelvik

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Power and Resistance in Prison

10.1057/9781137307866 - Power and Resistance in Prison, Thomas Ugelvik

Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology

This is a unique and innovative series, the first of its kind dedicated entirely to prison scholarship. At a historical point in which the prison population has reached an all-time high, the series seeks to analyse the form, nature and consequences of incarceration and related forms of punishment. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology provides an important forum for burgeoning prison research across the world. Series editors: BEN CREWE is Deputy Director of the Prisons Research Centre at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UK, and co-author of The Prisoner. YVONNE JEWKES is Professor of Criminology, Leicester University, UK. She has authored numerous books and articles on the subject and is editor of the Handbook on Prisons. THOMAS UGELVIK is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Criminology at the University of Oslo, Norway, and editor of Penal Exceptionalism? Nordic Prison Policy and Practise. Advisory Board: Anna Eriksson, Monash University, Australia Andrew M. Jefferson, Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims, Denmark Shadd Maruna, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland Jonathon Simon, UC Berkeley, California, US Michael Welch, Rutgers University, New Jersey, US

Titles include: Vincenzo Ruggiero and Mick Ryan PUNISHMENT IN EUROPE A Critical Anatomy of Penal Systems Peter Scharff Smith WHEN THE INNOCENT ARE PUNISHED The Children of Imprisoned Parents Phil Scraton and Linda Moore THE INCARCERATION OF WOMEN Punishing Bodies, Breaking Spirits Thomas Ugelvik POWER AND RESISTANCE IN PRISON Doing Time, Doing Freedom

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10.1057/9781137307866 - Power and Resistance in Prison, Thomas Ugelvik

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to New York University - Waldmann Dental Library - PalgraveConnect - 2016-03-14

Edited by: Ben Crewe, University of Cambridge; Yvonne Jewkes, University of Leicester; and Thomas Ugelvik, University of Oslo

Doing Time, Doing Freedom Thomas Ugelvik University of Oslo, Norway

Translated by

Stephen G. Evans

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