2018
DOI: 10.3280/sd2018-003004
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Norme, codici e condotte: la cultura del penitenziario. Gli attori sociali di fronte alla criticità dell'ambiente carcerario

Abstract: Norms, codes and conducts: Prison culture. Social actors facing critical issues of prison environment. ** This essay intends to suggest a redefinition of the cultural and normative dimension of the prison system that overcomes the traditional opposition between legal culture and criminal culture. Based on the results of a qualitative research carried out in prison, the authoress claims that prison culture, as a set of rules, codes and behaviors, is structured as a common culture among all social actors of the … Show more

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“…Eriksson, 2021). This issue did not emerge significantly from our research, but probably warrants further investigation to shed light on the complex composition of the prison staff, and the conflicts stemming from the ambiguity of the penitentiary institution's mandate (Santorso, 2021;Vianello, 2018). We also need to examine the consequences of their esprit de corps on the POs themselves as it risks being a sort of "straitjacket" with harmful effects on their wellbeing, whether officers opt to silence their moral doubts to avoid betraying the esprit the corps or choose to speak out and suffer the possible consequences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 76%
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“…Eriksson, 2021). This issue did not emerge significantly from our research, but probably warrants further investigation to shed light on the complex composition of the prison staff, and the conflicts stemming from the ambiguity of the penitentiary institution's mandate (Santorso, 2021;Vianello, 2018). We also need to examine the consequences of their esprit de corps on the POs themselves as it risks being a sort of "straitjacket" with harmful effects on their wellbeing, whether officers opt to silence their moral doubts to avoid betraying the esprit the corps or choose to speak out and suffer the possible consequences.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 76%
“…The concept of esprit de corps brings together several dimensions of POs’ culture that have been considered separately in other contributions. It enables us to explore POs’ “social identity”, which has a very important role in the unique moral environment existing inside prisons (Vianello, 2018).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…According to the last Report to the Parliament (DPA, 2016), they represented 37 per cent of the whole adult population detained in 2016, a percentage even higher among minors entering the first reception centres for minors (53 per cent in 2014) (Marietti, 2015). As scholars pointed out (Mosconi, 2010; Vianello, 2012), this is because they can rarely access alternative measures to detention, due to their lack of social and material resources (e.g. a house) required by the Law.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%