Incarceration as violence: inflicting pain in Portuguese prisons

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...

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Main Author: Frois, C. (author)
Other Authors: Bento, A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19957
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/19957