Incarceration as Violence

Inflicting Pain in Portuguese Prisons

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4103451
AutoresC Frois (0000-0001-7702-8456, University of Coimbra), Afonso Bento (0000-0002-0679-592X, University of Coimbra)
Ano2019
Volume120
Fascículo120
Páginas117136
Data de publicação2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista crítica de ciências sociais/Revista crítica de ciências sociais (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0254-1106 • E-ISSN: 2182-7435
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/rccs.9726
OpenAlexW2995493260
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas29

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 prison settings. Drawing upon fieldwork carried out in several Portuguese prisons, we describe how unequal sets of circumstances are imposed on groups of inmates, who become differently exposed to the deprivations of confinement. Our argument is that the various types of prison violence should be understood against this backdrop, as well as relationship to the diverse circumstances in which they are produced and the subjectivities of the individuals involved

Criminology · Epistemology · Imprisonment · Legitimacy · Phenomenon · Political science · Portuguese · Prison · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology