Dev Rup Maitra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3605893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dev Rup Maitra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dev Rup |
| FAMILY NAME | Maitra |
| SIGNATURE | MAITRA D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5432-6805 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prison Gangs Behind Bars and Beyond
This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study in the prisons and on the streets of Greater Manchester, England, to examine gangs and organised crime
Prison Gangs Behind Bars and Beyond
For Me, They Were the Good Old Days”
Much of the existing scholarship on gang membership predominantly focuses on adolescence as being the formative time period for the development of gang identities; however, there has thus far been more limited attention towards the childhood experiences of gang members, (i.e., pre-adolescence). The organising principle of this paper is to articulate the retrospective accounts of gang members’ childhoods, and how these recollections form a central…
A verisimilitude of pessimism
This paper examines the stigmatisation of identity. Historic prisoner mug shots taken in two Scottish prisons during the late Victorian period constitute a part of archival base of this study from which generalisations to the contemporary world are conjectured. Cultural criminologists propose crime is normatively framed. Mug shots belong with a larger symbolism within a discourse of crime and culture. This article examines the scientific and cult…
If You Want to Get Paid, You've Got to Do It
Although many criminological studies do not make explicit references to morality, judgements around “right and wrong” are implicitly part of criminality. This article seeks to articulate the moral justifications offered by offenders, and to contrast these to the behavioral codes of wider society. Offenders (n = 75) involved in serious organized crime were interviewed in two regions (Glasgow and a county in the North of England), and findings indi…
If You Want to Get Paid, You've Got to Do It
Although many criminological studies do not make explicit references to morality, judgements around “right and wrong” are implicitly part of criminality. This article seeks to articulate the moral justifications offered by offenders, and to contrast these to the behavioral codes of wider society. Offenders (n = 75) involved in serious organized crime were interviewed in two regions (Glasgow and a county in the North of England), and findings indi…
A verisimilitude of pessimism
This paper examines the stigmatisation of identity. Historic prisoner mug shots taken in two Scottish prisons during the late Victorian period constitute a part of archival base of this study from which generalisations to the contemporary world are conjectured. Cultural criminologists propose crime is normatively framed. Mug shots belong with a larger symbolism within a discourse of crime and culture. This article examines the scientific and cult…
If You Want to Get Paid, You've Got to Do It
Although many criminological studies do not make explicit references to morality, judgements around “right and wrong” are implicitly part of criminality. This article seeks to articulate the moral justifications offered by offenders, and to contrast these to the behavioral codes of wider society. Offenders (n = 75) involved in serious organized crime were interviewed in two regions (Glasgow and a county in the North of England), and findings indi…
For Me, They Were the Good Old Days”
Much of the existing scholarship on gang membership predominantly focuses on adolescence as being the formative time period for the development of gang identities; however, there has thus far been more limited attention towards the childhood experiences of gang members, (i.e., pre-adolescence). The organising principle of this paper is to articulate the retrospective accounts of gang members’ childhoods, and how these recollections form a central…
Prison Gangs Behind Bars and Beyond
This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study in the prisons and on the streets of Greater Manchester, England, to examine gangs and organised crime
Prison Gangs Behind Bars and Beyond
Criminology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Prison (2 works)