Why Does Prison Social Order Vary Around the World?
By David Skarbek, Brown University and Courtney Michaluk, R Street
Popular stereotypes often portray prisons in one of two ways: either overcrowded, violent, and chaotic places, like those found in some parts of America, or small, peaceful, and well-organized, like those found in many Nordic countries. It turns out that life behind bars actually differs in many more ways...