Las influencias políticas y sociales en el ejercicio de la autoridad en la cárcel

This text belongs to a round table which offers a discussion with James B. Jacobs, author of the classic in sociology of prisons Stateville: The penitentiary in mass society, on the importance of his work 40 years later. This commentary stresses two important contributions of his work and relates th...

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Autor: González Sánchez, Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/18140
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/18140
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Empresonament
Imprisonment
Presons
Prisons
Presons -- Aspectes sociològics
Prisons -- Sociological aspects
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Sumario:This text belongs to a round table which offers a discussion with James B. Jacobs, author of the classic in sociology of prisons Stateville: The penitentiary in mass society, on the importance of his work 40 years later. This commentary stresses two important contributions of his work and relates them to changes in society and the configuration of punishment since then. First, this outstanding study of the relations between prison and society is used as a springboard from which to pose the question of whether this relationship has varied substantially with the existence of more channels of communication and the increase of people being imprisoned. Second, acknowledging his excellent use of Weber for understanding punishment, the issue of contradictory dynamics pushing for a more legal-rational and more charismatic exercises of authority is raised