Verkkothis article examines how normative subcultural codes inhibit prison radicalization, irrespective of institutional legitimacy or disorder. We do so by. Verkkousing cultural consensus and correlational class analyses among a sample of 266 incarcerated men, we find little evidence of a culture of consensus for. Verkkoprior to the 1960s, inmates relied on a system of norms, known as “the convict code,” to create order. While these were effective before the 1960s, they began to break. Verkkothe convict code guides behaviors, beliefs, and interactions of incarcerated people by encouraging them to mind their own business, never back. Verkkothis essay discusses the evolution of the understanding of inmate subcultures in us prisons. It provides a selective description of historically.
