CHAPTER 4 Why Prisoners Fight (and Signal)

CHAPTER 4 Why Prisoners Fight (and Signal)
Note:la violenza serve anche a comunicarela violenza spietata nn è sintomo di crudeltà ma serve a costruire reputazoonestudio della violenza tra i carcerati: il metcato nero

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violence is dramatically more common in the underworld
Note:AMMETTIAMOLO

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success in the underworld is often decided by violence,
Note:SUCCESSO E VIOLENZA

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communication and violence are closely connected.
Note:NEMMENO LA VIOLENZA È BRUTA

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rational criminals can be expected to minimize violence whenever they can achieve the same results
Note:IL CRIMINALE RAZIONALE

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Nonviolent display-acts of strength or threats are quintessentially communicative
Note:L OTTIMO

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reveal one's true violent potential
Note:OBBIETTIVO DELLA VIOLENZA

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create a useful reputation
Note:A CGE SERVE LA VIOLENZA

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goods are allocated under prison rules or at the discretion of prison authorities. Others are distributed via informal markets created by prisoners,
Note:I BENI IN PRIGIONE

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an inmate cannot normally select the inmates with whom to associate.
Note:ALTRA CARATTERISTICA DELLA VITA CARCERARIA

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Prisons are a near perfect natural environment for understanding how humans communicate
Note:L ESPERIMENTO XFETTO

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“Scarcity and deprivation make inmates particularly alert to the immediate effects of their actions and to resulting payoffs,”
Note:LA COSA INTERESSANTE

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VIOLENCE AND INFORMATION: HYPOTHESES
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not enjoy fighting for the pleasure of inflicting or receiving pain. “Psychos” are an exception,
Note:PSICOPATI I

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prefer not fighting to fighting,
Note:PREFERENZA SEGRETA

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fighting is not undertaken lightly.
Note:CONFERMATO DA TITTI

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not want to fight but did so because they saw no other option.
Note:REGOLA

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research on fighting and assessment in animals.
Note:FACILITA LA COMPRENSIONE

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establish their mutual positions in the prison “hierarchy” of violence potential by communicative means.
Note:UNO... COME SI DELINEA LA GERARCHIA... SEGNALI

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Any condition that promotes the knowledge of each other's fighting prowess
Note:COSA DIMINUISCE LA VIOLENZA?

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tagged by a mark that accurately reveals his disposition for
Note:PRIGIONE IDEALE

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prowess
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