TY - JOUR
T1 - Inmate Argot as an Expression of Prison Subculture
T2 - The Israeli Case
AU - Einat, Tomer
AU - Einat, Haim
PY - 2000/9
Y1 - 2000/9
N2 - The study examines the argot (jargon) of prisoners as a reflection of the norms and values comprising the inmate subculture in Israeli prisons. The phenomenological interview method was used to examine the language of a sample of long-term prisoners for the existence of an inmate argot. Having established that such an argot does exist, the data were subjected to a content analysis, and the salience of the argot terms was assessed using two measures, attention and intensity. The argot expressions were divided into categories with reference to different aspects of prison experience: prisoner status (informers, inmate rank), drugs, sexual relations in prison, violence, prisoner behaviors, nicknames for police officers, and prison staff.
AB - The study examines the argot (jargon) of prisoners as a reflection of the norms and values comprising the inmate subculture in Israeli prisons. The phenomenological interview method was used to examine the language of a sample of long-term prisoners for the existence of an inmate argot. Having established that such an argot does exist, the data were subjected to a content analysis, and the salience of the argot terms was assessed using two measures, attention and intensity. The argot expressions were divided into categories with reference to different aspects of prison experience: prisoner status (informers, inmate rank), drugs, sexual relations in prison, violence, prisoner behaviors, nicknames for police officers, and prison staff.
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U2 - 10.1177/0032885500080003005
DO - 10.1177/0032885500080003005
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AN - SCOPUS:33947514652
SN - 0032-8855
VL - 80
SP - 309
EP - 325
JO - Prison Journal
JF - Prison Journal
IS - 3
ER -