READINGS FOR TUESDAY, November 4
Presenters: Karon, Jacki, Jim
This week is prison culture and life in prison. Because there we have
a few extra weeks to read, there will be some extra readings.
---GUIDING QUESTIONS FOR NOVEMBER 4
--Women's Prison Culture - Added at last minute for the future
REQUIRED:
---Irwin and Cressey - Thieves/Convicts/Inmate Culture"
---Men's/Women's prisons: Should they be "equal" or identical?"
---Loose coupling in Max-Sec prisons
REQUIRED (BUT SHORT):
---Hootch
---Food in prison
---Friends in prison?
---Gladiator school?
More:
---Inmate Argot
---Inmate Culture
--NOTE: Two more pieces on women/prison culture will be send out
as attachments
FOR REVIEW:
Also, briefly skim at least a few of the following (from Oct 14) enough to
get a sense of life behind bars for women:
---Chapter 1 - Absurdity and Women's Prisons
---Chapter 2 - Doing Gender
---Chapter 3 - Gendered Perceptions
---Chapter 4 - Survival and Resistance
---Chapter 5 - Abused Women
---Chapter 6 - Punishing the Families
---Chapter 7 - Gender, Race and Sexuality
---Chapter 8 - Parallels - Men/Women
---Chapter 9 - Ultra-Masculine Stereotypes
---Chapter 10 - Tying it Together
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