CLASS READINGS

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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