SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kingston Penitentiary, Spree, Kangaroo Court
13 Mar 2017
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They end fairly quickly as well, a couple hours. takes hostages. If there is a chance of inmate to give them selves up, they will: leaderless for the first few hours and are not typically the men that started the riot. Prison riot leadership: riot leaders are those inmates who take charge of the riot, control other inmates, and direct the negotiations, 3 mechanisms by which leaders emerge, 1. Leader to be asked/appointed (second most common: 3. Election (not common: they are almost always members of the inmate elite, those who have high status in the prison. Sometimes due to their job in the prison or personality: because they are respected, if they assume power no one will challenge them. Inmate elites have to protect the hostages and inmates. They have respect of inmate authorities and inmates: once in power leaders are usually not taken out of power and have enforcers.
