Topic 1 - Understanding the contemporary carceral landscape Flashcards
What does Coyle argue is the main cause of prison riots?
No single identifiable cause
- Inhumane conditions
- Overcrowding
- Administrative breakdown
What theory suggests poor prison conditions alone cannot explain riots?
Administrative breakdown theory
What provides the ‘social glue’ holding a prison together according to Boin and Rattray?
Institutionalized norms
What key perspective sees riots as an effect rather than a cause?
Structural
What enables the escalation of tensions into a riot according to the threshold theory?
Administrative failure
What was a major trigger behind the 1990 Strangeways riot?
Staffing cuts
What does Durkheim see as the primary function of punishment?
Reinforcing social norms
How does punishment generate solidarity according to Durkheim?
Reaffirming shared beliefs
What form of solidarity is said to motivate contemporary punitive attitudes?
Hostile
What political process contributes to punitive attitudes according to Carvalho and Chamberlen?
Criminalisation
What symbolic process simplifies identities in punishment rituals?
Totalisation
What effect does hostile solidarity have on community identity?
Defining through opposition
What motivates individuals to seek hostile solidarity?
Managing uncertainty
What illusion contributes to the appeal of punishment?
Order
What criminological perspective sees punishment as an instrument of social control over marginalized groups?
Marxism
