Abstract
Prisons are veritable universities of crime. Within them young offenders learn both the values and the techniques of hardened criminals. In addition to these lessons in professional ethics and theory, aspiring criminals also get hands-on experience within prison walls, for prisons are also centers of criminal activity: drug and arms trafficking, rape, gang warfare, and murder. And, like all good universities, prisons help their proteges make the contacts they need to further their budding careers.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1994
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Copyright © 1994, State University of New York (SUNY) Press. This chapter first appeared in Transitions in Continental Philosophy.
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Recommended Citation
McWhorter, Ladelle. "Self-Overcoming in Foucault's Discipline and Punish." In Transitions in Continental Philosophy, edited by Arleen B. Dallery, Stephen H. Watson, and E. Marya. Bower, 33-41. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994.