Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Social work., Criminology, public administration, Social sciences
Abstract
Recognizing the major scholarly contributions to criminology by the noted Irish criminologist, Ian O’Donnell, The Prison Journal invited seven contemporary corrections and punishment scholars to offer insights into O’Donnell’s new book, Prison Life: Pain, Resistance, and Purpose. Offering contextually rich descriptions of prisoner life, the text features four case study prisons—H Blocks, Northern Ireland; Eastham Unit, Texas; Isir Bet, Ethiopia; and ADX Florence, Colorado, in pivotal time periods and through an individual's custodial career in each institution. The symposium discussants focus on O’Donnell's conceptual framework—the degree of prison integration, system and staff regulation, and legitimacy—and how these reflect the key interactions between punishment and society across time and culture.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/00328855231154500
Recommended Citation
Gido, Rosemary; Jeffreys, Derek S.; Behan, Cormac; Edgar, Kimmett; Schmidt, Bethany E.; Mesko, Gorazd; Stohr, Mary K.; and Rubin, Ashley T., "A Symposium to Mark the Publication, by New York University Press, of Ian O’Donnell’s Prison Life: Pain, Resistance, and Purpose" (2023). Articles. 45.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/aaschlawart/45
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This research received no external funding
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Publication Details
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00328855231154500
Gido, R., Jeffreys, D. S., Behan, C., Edgar, K., Schmidt, B. E., Mesko, G., Stohr, M. K., & Rubin, A. T. (2023). A Symposium to Mark the Publication, by New York University Press, of Ian O’Donnell’s Prison Life: Pain, Resistance, and Purpose. The Prison Journal, 103(2), 159–176.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00328855231154500