Remote Control: Television in Prison

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dc.contributor.authorKnight, Victoriaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-15T10:17:13Z
dc.date.available2016-03-15T10:17:13Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractIn-cell television is now a permanent feature of prisons in England and Wales, and a key part of the experience of modern incarceration. This sociological exploration of prisoners' use of television offers an engaging and thought provoking insight into the domestic and everyday lives of people in prison - with television close at hand. Victoria Knight explores how television contributes to imprisonment by normalising the prison cell. In doing so it legitimates this space to hold prisoners for long periods of time, typically without structured activity. As a consequence, television's place in the modern prison has also come to represent an unanticipated resource in the package of care for prisoners. This book uncovers the complex and rich emotive responses to prison life. Dimensions of boredom, anger, frustration, pleasure and happiness appear through the rich narratives of both prisoners and staff, indicating the ways institutions and individuals deal with their emotions. It also offers an insight into the unfolding future of the digital world in prisons and begins to consider how the prisoner can benefit from engagement with digital technologies. It will be of great interest to practitioners and scholars of prisons and penology, as well as those interested in the impact of television on society.en
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dc.funderNoneen
dc.identifier.citationKnight, V. (2016) Remote Control: Television in Prison. Palgrave Macmillianen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1057/9781137443915
dc.identifier.isbn9781137443908
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/11615
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedNoen
dc.projectidNoneen
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillian
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justiceen
dc.subjecttelevisionen
dc.subjectprisonen
dc.subjectaudiencesen
dc.subjectemotionen
dc.subjecttherapeuticen
dc.subjectcontrolen
dc.titleRemote Control: Television in Prisonen
dc.typeBooken

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