Male, Failed, Jailed: Masculinities and "Revolving-Door" Imprisonment in the UK

by David Maguire

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030610616
• ISBN13: 9783030610616
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"