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Index
Acknowledgments
1. Governance Institutions and the Prison Community
Men’s Central Jail
2. The Convict Code
Death Row
3. The Rise of Prison Gangs
My Brother’s Keeper
4. Governance in the Society of Captives
Background Check
5. The Internal Organization of Prison Gangs
MacArthur Park
6. How Prison Gangs Govern the Outside
Puppet
7. What Works?
Endnotes
References
Index
1
Cover
The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System
Copyright
Dedication
The Economic Way of Thinking
A Governance Theory of Prison Social Order
Prison Gangs
Norms and Organizations Pro˛ide Goęrnance
The Era of the Con˛ict Code
The Weakening of the Con˛ict Code
Prisons in Turmoil
The Origins of California Prison Gangs
Outlaw Economics
Alternative Explanations
The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Group Formation
Prison Gangs Create Order
Information and Enforcement Mechanisms
What Rules Do Prison Gangs Enforce?
Predatory or Productive?
Practical and ˚eoretical Implications
Putting the “Con” Into Constitutions
Exit, Voice, and Violence
The Challenge of Recruitment
Externalities and Internal Conflict
Checks and Balances
The Nature of the Gang
Drug Dealers Pay Taxes
The Role of the County Jail System
Criminal Governance for the Drug Trade
How Should Officials Respond?
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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