ZATVORENIČKI ŽARGON KAO OBILJEŽJE KRIMINOGENE SUBKULTURE
PRISON INMATES JARGON AS FEATURE OF CRIMINOGENIC SUBCULTURE
Author(s): Aleksandra Savić, Nebojša MacanovićSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Communication studies, Social differentiation, Criminology, Penology, Identity of Collectives
Published by: CENTAR MODERNIH ZNANJA
Keywords: jargon; informal groups; subcultures;
Summary/Abstract: Prison jargon is used to express, in a specific form, various prison situations, roles, needs, feelings, and at the same time to give the interpretation and evaluation of the various prison activities. As "language in language," jargon is characterized by: its specificity in relation to the standard language, closeness to a particular social group mainly subcultural and finally, its incomprehensibility for those who do not belong to the group. This dual function of prison jargon - the tendency to move away from the formal way of communicating, and therefore the formal system and on the other hand, to provide cohesion within the informal system - is very important for the functioning of the prison subculture within penal institutions.
Journal: DRUŠTVENE DEVIJACIJE
- Issue Year: I/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 292-304
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
