“That shit doesn't fly”: Subcultural constraints on prison radicalization

IF 4.6 1区 社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Sandra M. Bucerius, William Schultz, Kevin D. Haggerty
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Abstract

Many observers describe prison subcultures as inherently and irredeemably antisocial. Research directly ties prison subcultures to violence, gang membership, and poor reintegration. In extreme cases, research has also suggested that prison subcultures contribute to incarcerated people joining radical groups or embracing violent extremist beliefs. These claims, however, ignore key differences in the larger cultural and social context of prisons. We examine the relationship between prison subcultures and prison radicalization based on semistructured qualitative interviews with 148 incarcerated men and 131 correctional officers from four western Canadian prisons. We outline several imported features of the prison subculture that make incarcerated people resilient to radicalized and extremist messaging. These features include 1) national cultural imaginaries; 2) the racial profile of a prison, including racial sorting or a lack thereof; and 3) how radicalization allowed incarcerated men and correctional officers to act outside the otherwise agreed-to subcultural rules. Our research findings stress the importance of contemplating broader sociocultural influences when trying to understand the relationship between radicalization and prison dynamics and politics.

“那大便不会飞”:监狱激进化的亚文化制约
许多观察家将监狱亚文化描述为天生的、不可救药的反社会。研究将监狱亚文化与暴力、帮派成员和不良的重新融入直接联系起来。在极端情况下,研究还表明,监狱亚文化有助于被监禁者加入激进团体或信奉暴力极端主义信仰。然而,这些说法忽视了监狱在更大的文化和社会背景下的关键差异。基于对来自加拿大西部四所监狱的148名被监禁男子和131名管教人员的半结构定性访谈,我们研究了监狱亚文化与监狱激进化之间的关系。我们概述了监狱亚文化的几个重要特征,这些特征使被监禁的人能够抵御激进和极端主义的信息。这些特征包括:1)民族文化想象;2) 监狱的种族特征,包括种族分类或缺乏种族分类;以及3)激进化如何允许被监禁的男子和管教人员在商定的亚文化规则之外行事。我们的研究结果强调了在试图理解激进化与监狱动态和政治之间的关系时,考虑更广泛的社会文化影响的重要性。
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Criminology
Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-
CiteScore
8.10
自引率
6.90%
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28
期刊介绍: Criminology is devoted to crime and deviant behavior. Disciplines covered in Criminology include: - sociology - psychology - design - systems analysis - decision theory Major emphasis is placed on empirical research and scientific methodology. Criminology"s content also includes articles which review the literature or deal with theoretical issues stated in the literature as well as suggestions for the types of investigation which might be carried out in the future.
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