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Competing for Control - Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons (Hardcover)
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Competing for Control - Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons (Hardcover)
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Pyrooz and Decker pull apart the bars on prison gangs to uncover
how they compete for control. While there is much speculation about
these gangs, there is little solid research. This book draws on
interviews with 802 inmates - half of whom were gang members - in
two Texas prisons; one of the largest samples of its kind. Using
this data, the authors explore how gangs organize and govern, who
joins gangs and how they get out, the dark side of gang activities
including misconduct and violence, the ways in which gang
membership spills onto the street, and the direct and indirect
links between the street and prison gangs. Competing for Control
captures the nature of gangs in a time of transition, as prison
gangs become more horizontal and their power is diffused across
groups. There is no study like this one.
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