Book contents
- Competing for Control
- Competing for Control
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Foundation for the Study
- 2 Understanding Gangs in Prison
- 3 The LoneStar Project
- 4 The Characteristics of Gang Members in Prison
- 5 The Characteristics of Gangs in Prison
- 6 The Role of Gangs in the Social Order of Prisons
- 7 Misconduct and Victimization in Prison
- 8 Joining and Avoiding Gangs in Prison
- 9 Continuity and Change in Prison Gang Membership
- 10 Implications of Competing for Control
- Appendix Preliminary Evaluation of the Gang Renouncement and Disassociation Program
- References
- Index
2 - Understanding Gangs in Prison
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 August 2019
- Competing for Control
- Competing for Control
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Foundation for the Study
- 2 Understanding Gangs in Prison
- 3 The LoneStar Project
- 4 The Characteristics of Gang Members in Prison
- 5 The Characteristics of Gangs in Prison
- 6 The Role of Gangs in the Social Order of Prisons
- 7 Misconduct and Victimization in Prison
- 8 Joining and Avoiding Gangs in Prison
- 9 Continuity and Change in Prison Gang Membership
- 10 Implications of Competing for Control
- Appendix Preliminary Evaluation of the Gang Renouncement and Disassociation Program
- References
- Index
Summary
We now present a conceptual framework for the study. The first chapter laid the foundation for the book by placing prison and street gangs in the broader context of incarceration. It also established that while gang research has exploded over the past three decades, prisons unfortunately escaped the interest of most social scientists. A number of important conceptual and empirical issues remain to be addressed. We highlight four foundational issues that are central to the interconnected theoretical framework motivating the empirical analysis. Some of these issues are better established than others, but all of them merit the empirical investigation that has largely escaped our understanding of gangs and prison.
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- Competing for ControlGangs and the Social Order of Prisons, pp. 23 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019