Adapting to isolation in prison. Concept review
Adapting to isolation in prison. Concept review

Summary/Abstract: This article is of a review nature. It features a presentation and discussion ofconcepts (including typologies) of adaptation to isolation in prison, which have appearedin the literature over the years, namely concepts by: Leon Rabinowicz, Vladimir Pirozhkov,Donald Clemmer, Gresham Sykes, Erving Goffman, John Irwin, Stanley Cohen and LaurieTaylor, Roy King and Kenneth Elliot as well as Ben Crewe. The author explains the contextin which they were created, presents their advantages and disadvantages, and considers theissue of universality of each of these concepts.

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