The New Culture of Prison Violence » (1st Edition)

An evidence-based, comprehensive examination of the cause, prevention, and control of prison violence.

Readers will learn about prisons and prison violence with new research on:

• Violence prevention and control by the leading international experts on prisons

• Culture—Cutting-edge research on inmate, staff, and management culture and the link between prison and community culture and violence

• Offender change—Best practices, evidence-based review of “what works” to reduce violence in prisons and to change offender behavior, not only in prison but also upon reentry to the community

Also, this text has a focus on policy. It discusses the need to move away from a culture of control and toward a culture that supports individual/community change.

Forward by Todd Clear, Distinguished Professor, JohnJayCollege of Criminal Justice

1. Editors’ Introduction

James Byrne, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Faye Taxman, Virginia Commonwealth University

2.The Nature and Extent of Prison Violence

James M. Byrne, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Don Hummer, Penn State - Harrisburg

3. Does What Happens in Prison Stay in Prison? Examining the Reciprocal Relationship Between Community and Prison Culture

Jacob I. Stowell, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

James M. Byrne, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

4. Examining the Impact of Institutional Culture (and Culture Change) on Prison Violence and Disorder: An Evidence-Based Review

James Byrne, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Don Hummer, Penn State, Harrisburg

Faye Taxman, Virginia Commonwealth University

5. Legitimacy and imprisonment revisited: some notes on the problem of order ten years after

Richard Sparks University of Edinburgh

Anthony Bottoms Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield

6. Why Prison Culture Matters

Alison Liebling, Cambridge University

7. Performance, Domesticity and Disorder: The Communicative Quality of Prison Violence

Elaine Crawley, Keele University

Peter Crawley, Open University

8. The National Institute of Corrections’ Institutional Culture (Change)

Initiative: A Multi-site Evaluation

James Byrne, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Faye Taxman, Virginia Commonwealth University

Don Hummer, Penn State - Harrisburg

9. The Impact of Prison Culture on the Treatment and Control of Mentally Ill Offenders

Arthur J. Lurigio, Loyola University Chicago

Jessica Snowden, Loyola University Chicago

10. A Culture of Violence in England’s Prison System: An Assessment of Causes and Solutions

Kimmitt Edgar, Prison Reform Trust, The University of Oxford

11. Prison Violence, Prison Culture, and Offender Change: New Directions for Theory, Research, and Policy

James M. Byrne, University of Massachusetts – Lowell