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Most of the information and data for the study were obtained from open-ended interviews with 207 inmates, 49 guards and staff, and 27 former inmates. The interviews occurred between March 12, 1976, and August 19, 1977. Contraband is defined as any unauthorized substance or material possessed by SPSM residents. Examples of contraband goods are weapons, drugs, or any legitimate goods that belonged to another inmate. The study identifies the most common forms of contraband and their average prices and examines how residents and guards perceive the availability or commonness of contraband goods and services. Other issues addressed are the demand elasticities of generic contraband items and inmates' and guards' perceptions of risks encountered by individuals supplying different forms of contraband. Typologies of buyers and suppliers of major categories of contraband goods and services are depicted and estimates made as to whether the markets tended to be monopolistic, oligopolistic, or competitive. The concluding thesis is that the contraband system has not been eliminated with traditional bureaucratic solutions. On the contrary, the flow of contraband contributes to stability in the pr

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Author

Kalinich, David B.

Publisher

Waveland Press, 1986, c1980.

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780881332001

Category

nonfiction