The Society of Captives:A Study of a Maximum Security Prison

基本信息

by Gresham M. Sykes (Author) , Bruce Western (Introduction By)

Format:Paperback / softback 200 pages

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Imprint:Princeton University Press

Edition:Revised ed

ISBN:9780691130644

Published:1 Apr 2007

Weight:284g

Dimensions:215 x 141 x 12 (mm)

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

書籍簡介

《被俘虜的社會》首次出版於1958年，是現代犯罪學的經典之作，也是有史以來關於監獄的最重要書籍之一。

格雷沙姆·賽克斯在冷戰高峯期寫了這本書，在世界法西斯主義和共產主義經驗的激勵下，他研究了美國生活中最接近極權主義制度的東西：最高警戒監獄。他的分析讓人質疑監獄在多大程度上可以成功地控制生活的方方面面--或者説，囚犯之間的強烈聯繫使得監獄不可能在不找到“容納”囚犯的方法的情況下運行。

現在重新發布的《被俘虜的社會》帶有布魯斯·韋斯特的新導言和作者的新後記，將繼續作為認識現代權力性質的不可或缺的文本。

The Society of Captives, first published in 1958, is a classic of modern criminology and one of the most important books ever written about prison.

Gresham Sykes wrote the book at the height of the Cold War, motivated by the world’s experience of fascism and communism to study the closest thing to a totalitarian system in American life: a maximum security prison. His analysis calls into question the extent to which prisons can succeed in their attempts to control every facet of life?—?or whether the strong bonds between prisoners make it impossible to run a prison without finding ways of “accommodating” the prisoners.

Re-released now with a new introduction by Bruce Western and a new epilogue by the author, The Society of Captives will continue to serve as an indispensable text for coming to terms with the nature of modern power.

作者簡介

格雷沙姆·M·賽克斯是弗吉尼亞大學的社會學榮譽教授。他是許多書籍的作者，包括《美國的社會問題》和《犯罪與社會》，並且是《犯罪學》的共同作者。

Gresham M. Sykes is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including Social Problems in America and Crime and Society, and the coauthor of Criminology.