Male, Failed, Jailed: Masculinities and "Revolving-Door" Imprisonment in the UK (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030610616)

The profile of prisoners across many Western countries is strikingly similar - 95% male, predominantly undereducated and underemployed, from the most deprived neighbourhoods. This book reflects on how similarly positioned men configure masculinities against global economic shifts that have seen the decimation of traditional, manual-heavy industry and with it the disruption of long-established relations of labour. Drawing on life history interviews and classical ethnography, the book charts a group of men's experiences pre, during and post prison. Tracking the development of masculinities from childhood to adulthood, across impoverished streets, 'failing' schools and inadequate state 'care', the book questions whether this proved better preparation for serving prison time than working in their local, service-dominated, labour markets. It integrates theories of crime, geography, economics and masculinity to take into account structural and global economic shifts as well as individual long-term perspectives in order to provide a broad examination on pathways to prison and post prison.


Author: David Maguire
ISBN-10: 3030610616
ISBN-13: 9783030610616
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2021
Pages: 243
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.59d