More Mind Games
How ‘The Action’ and ‘The Odds’ have Changed in Prison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Liebling (0000-0001-8857-3695, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Ryan Williams (0000-0001-6924-8432, The University of Queensland), Elinor Lieber (University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azaa046 |
| OpenAlex | W3046877197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
Surviving prison has always involved ‘action’ and game playing. Higher stakes—‘life-trashing sentences’, the fear and risk of radicalization, increased incidences of homicide and labyrinth routes out—have compounded the experience of struggle: to be heard, for dignity, against exposure to violent injustice, and for release; the wrestling of ‘the self’ against a bleak and unyielding bureaucracy. In this article, we revisit McDermott and King’s Mind Games: Where the Action is in Prison showing how long-term prisoners are exposed to unregulated, unfathomable forms of power and action, and how long-term imprisonment feels increasingly like being ‘abandoned by humanity.’
Action (physics) · Criminology · Dignity · Humanity · Imprisonment · Injustice · Political science · Power (physics) · Prison · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |