Pouvoirs 2010/4 No 135
Journal article

‘The Prisoners’: Construction and Deconstruction of a Concept

Pages 41 to 52

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  • CHAUVENET, Antoinette,
2010. ‘The Prisoners’: Construction and Deconstruction of a Concept. Pouvoirs, 2010/4 No 135, p.41-52. DOI : 10.3917/pouv.135.0041. URL : https://droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2010-4-page-41?lang=en.
  • Chauvenet, Antoinette.
« ‘The Prisoners’: Construction and Deconstruction of a Concept ». Pouvoirs, 2010/4 No 135, 2010. p.41-52. CAIRN.INFO, droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2010-4-page-41?lang=en.
  • Chauvenet, A.
(2010). ‘the Prisoners’: Construction and Deconstruction of a Concept. Pouvoirs, No 135(4), 41-52. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.135.0041.

https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.135.0041

Abstract
Authors

Cite this article

  • Chauvenet, A.
(2010). ‘the Prisoners’: Construction and Deconstruction of a Concept. Pouvoirs, No 135(4), 41-52. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.135.0041.
  • Chauvenet, Antoinette.
« ‘The Prisoners’: Construction and Deconstruction of a Concept ». Pouvoirs, 2010/4 No 135, 2010. p.41-52. CAIRN.INFO, droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2010-4-page-41?lang=en.
  • CHAUVENET, Antoinette,
2010. ‘The Prisoners’: Construction and Deconstruction of a Concept. Pouvoirs, 2010/4 No 135, p.41-52. DOI : 10.3917/pouv.135.0041. URL : https://droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2010-4-page-41?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.135.0041

French
English

Penal law and penitentiary rules wage war against the criminal more than against crime by constructing a destructive force among the prisoners whose fear-based dynamic is described in this paper. The fear of criminals and of prison creates a vicious circle in which the prisoners reproduce, in their relations to others, a mechanism created as a protection against it.

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https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.135.0041

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