Cover ; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of abbreviations; Part 1 Some abstract nouns:institutions, culture, crime and madness; 1 Institutions, culture and the culture of institutions; 2 Crime and madness; Part 2 Methods and theirmeaning; 3 What we actually did and why; 4 Reflexivity: who am I to ask questions?; Part 3 Power and praxis: whois in charge of the ward?; 5 Daily life; 6 What are the mechanisms of power?; 7 Ward life under the microscope: the maintenance of power; Part 4 Culture and change; 8 Do wards have cultures?; 9 Culture on the move: resistance and reality
Part 5 Thinking ahead10 Looking back; 11 Anthropology and the individual: knowing me, knowing you; 12 Secure care; Appendix A Additional notes on method and data analysis; References; Index
Summary
Though institutional care for people suffering from mental illness was phased out in the last century, mentally disordered offenders remain the exception to this rule. This book is a unique study of life in a high security hospital
