Hound pound narrative: sexual offender habilitation and the anthropology of therapeutic intervention
Auteur :
Waldram, James B
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520272552
Date de publication :
1 mai 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
590 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Presents a detailed ethnographic study of a therapeutic prison unit in Canada for the treatment of sexual offenders. Utilizing extensive interviews and participant-observation over an eighteen month period of field work, this title takes the reader into the depths of what prison inmates commonly refer to as the 'hound pound.'