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When most people think of prison gangs, they think of chaotic bands of violent, racist thugs. Few people think of gangs as sophisticated organizations (often with elaborate written constitutions) that regulate the prison black market, adjudicate conflicts, and strategically balance the competing demands of inmates, gang members, and correctional officers. Yet as David Skarbek argues, gangs form to create order among outlaws, producing alternative governance institutions to facilitate illegal activity. He uses economics to explore the secret world of the convict culture, inmate hierarchy, and prison gang politics, and to explain why prison gangs form, how formal institutions affect them, and why they have a powerful influence over crime even beyond prison walls. The ramifications of his findings extend far beyond the seemingly irrational and often tragic society of captives. They also illuminate how social and political order can emerge in conditions where the traditional institutions of governance do not exist.

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  • Title The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System
  • Author David Skarbek
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Us
  • Publication date 2014-07-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780199328505 / 0199328501
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects Prisoners - United States, Prison administration - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013041577
  • Dewey Decimal Code 365.6

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  • Choice, 01/01/2015, Page 900

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David Skarbek is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London.
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