The social order of the underworld : how prison gangs govern the American penal system
Skarbek, DavidAuthor
This volume studies the social order of the prison underworld to understand how extra-legal institutions form, operate, and evolve. It uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics. It uses economics to explain why prison gangs form, how they interact with formal institutions, and how they influence crime beyond prison walls. Economics explains the seemingly irrational, truly astonishing, and often tragic world of prison life.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume studies the social order of the prison underworld to understand how extra-legal institutions form, operate, and evolve. It uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics. It uses economics to explain why prison gangs form, how they interact with formal institutions, and how they influence crime beyond prison walls. Economics explains the seemingly irrational, truly astonishing, and often tragic world of prison life.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 20, 2014).
Prison gangs
Prison administration
Prison violence
Prisoners
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency