Prison riot

A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners.

Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions (such as prison overcrowding) and riots,[1][2][3] or discuss the dynamics of the modern prison riot.[4][5] In addition, a large proportion of academic studies concentrate on specific cases of prison riots.[6][7][8] Other recent research analyzes and examines prison strikes and reports of contention with inmate workers.[9]

  1. ^ Bidna, Howard (1975-03-01). "Effects of increased security on prison violence". Journal of Criminal Justice. 3 (1): 33–45. doi:10.1016/0047-2352(75)90097-5. ISSN 0047-2352.
  2. ^ Ellis, Desmond (Sep 1984). "Crowding and Prison Violence: Integration of Research and Theory". Criminal Justice and Behavior. 11 (3): 277–308. doi:10.1177/0093854884011003003. ISSN 0093-8548.
  3. ^ Gaes, Gerald G. (1994). "Prison Crowding Research Reexamined". The Prison Journal. 74 (3): 329–363. doi:10.1177/0032855594074003004. ISSN 0032-8855.
  4. ^ Useem, B. (1985). Disorganization and the New Mexico prison riot of 1980. American Sociological Review, 50 (5). 677–688.
  5. ^ Newbold, G. (1989). Punishment and Politics: The Maximum Security Prison in New Zealand. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  6. ^ Colvin, M. (1982). The 1980 New Mexico prison riot. Social Problems, 29 (5). 449–463.
  7. ^ Useem, B. and Kimball, P. (1987). A theory of prison riots. Theory and Society, 16 (1). 87–122.
  8. ^ Dinitz, S. (1991). Barbarism in the New Mexico state prison riot: The search for meaning a decade later. In Kelly, R. and MacNamara, D. (eds.). Perspectives on Deviance: Dominance, Degradation and Denigration. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Company.
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