SOCIAL MEANING OF PRISON HOMOSEXUALITY

• NCJ Number: 5564
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 32 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1968) Pages: 23-29
• Author(s): J H GAGNON; W SIMON
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ADAPTION AND RESHAPING OF PRIOR SEXUAL AND SOCIAL STYLES AND MOTIVES IN PRISONS.

Abstract

IMPRISONMENT AND THE CONCOMITANT SEXUAL DEPRIVATION OF INMATES ARE LINKED TO THE PRIOR NONPRISON EXPERIENCE OF THE PRISONER, BOTH SEXUAL AND NONSEXUAL, METHODS OF INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT. THE INTERACTION OF THESE ELEMENTS FOR THE INMATE'S FUTURE FUNCTIONING IS DISCUSSED.