Incarceration as Violence: Inflicting Pain in Portuguese Prisons

This article sets the groundwork for understanding prison violence as a broad and interrelated phenomenon which is bound by shifting notions of legitimacy. We argue that the concept of violence can help understand how the “pains of imprisonment” are inflicted and punishment is produced in different...

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Main Authors: Catarina Frois, Afonso Bento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2019-12-01
Series:Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/9726