Time and the Prison Experience

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2642263
AutoresAzrini Wahidin (Birmingham City University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas104-113
Fecha de publicación2006-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5153/sro.1245
OpenAlexW2007201012
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29
Referencias citadas13

Throughout the literature on time there has been an omission of the qualitative dimension of time in relation to the experience of time in different locales. This paper will explore the nature and role of time-use in prison. Based on intensive fieldwork in 8 male and female prison establishments, this article will explore the experiences of women and men aged 50 years and above, serving a custodial sentence and their relationship with time. The data draws from 90 semi-structured interviews. The aim of this paper is firstly to landscape time use in prison. Secondly, to show how time in prison is negotiated by the prisoners and finally, examine how outside time becomes more real as the transition from a closed to an open prison becomes more imminent

Criminology · Prison · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology