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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Prison gangs"”.
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The Numbers Gang in South African Correctional Facilities: Reflections on Structures, Functions and Culture
Prison gangs stand in a complex relationship to carceral institutions. At one level gangs on the inside of prison walls constitute a reactive and adaptive response to prisons as ‘total institutions'. But in turn, prison gangs have a formative influence on life inside the ‘total institution' – both …
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This Piece is a Coverup
… his role in one of the most notoriously violent prison gangs in the US.
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This Piece is a Coverup
… his role in one of the most notoriously violent prison gangs in the US.
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Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences
… promote the continued dominance of the ‘Number gangs’ prevalent in many (if not most) South African prisons. Even though there is a substantial amount of factors that critically influence and sustain the South African prison gangs, this paper will focus upon a few of these influences. An …
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The sexual assault and rape of male offenders and awaiting-trial detainees
… Local Correctional Centre were investigated. Prison gangs, overcrowding of correctional centres, the involvement of correctional officials and the sexual orientation of the potential victim were highlighted as risk factors in the sexual assault and rape of male offenders and awaiting-trial …
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Gangs, Race, and ‘the Street’ in Prison: An Inductive Analysis
… investigates the practices and compositions of gangs in Greater Manchester, England. Primarily drawing from qualitative data gathered in two adult, men’s prisons, it explores gang members’ activities, how these practices develop on ‘the street’, and how they are later affected by imprisonment. …
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Power playground
… used, is sabela. This is a register born in the prison gangs that has filtered out into the streets, and schools within the surrounding areas. This study, conducted in a school on the Cape Flats, follows the linguistic resources deployed by two Grade 9 boys, as they negotiate their way through …
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Gang members' experiences of victimization and perpetration of rape in prison
People outside of prison tend to imagine sex in prison as violent gang attacks on defenceless individuals, but in actual fact, sex in prison is more complicated than the isolated gang rapes that take place. For the purpose of this study, the researcher followed the qualitative research approach …