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PMID: 19721060 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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The unique nature of Israeli society as an immigrant society has also affected the prison population in Israel. This article focuses on a social and cultural phenomenon that particularly characterizes the prisoners of Russian origin, the phenomenon of tattoos. Using postmodernist theories, the article examines the function of the tattoo among Russian prisoners and the role it plays in constructing the criminal self-identity of these inmates in Israeli prisons. The tattoos observed during 2005-2006 among the Russian prisoners in four major Israeli prisons reflect the values of the Russian criminal subculture from which they evolved and were imported. This subculture is characterized by a hierarchical class structure and manifestations of machismo, domination, defiance, rebellion, and open antagonism against the Establishment and its representatives. |
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Efrat Shoham |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-08-31 |
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Title: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology Volume: 54 ISSN: 1552-6933 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-12-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0333601 Medline TA: Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 984-1003 Citation Subset: IM |
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Ashkelon Academic College, Israel. shoham@netzer.org.il |
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