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"We call it jail craft": the erosion of the protective discourses drawn on by prison officers dealing with ageing and dying prisoners in the neoliberal, carceral system

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"We call it jail craft": the erosion of the protective discourses drawn on by prison officers dealing with ageing and dying prisoners in the neoliberal, carceral system. / Peacock, Marian; Turner, Mary; Varey, Sandra.
In: Sociology, Vol. 52, No. 6, 01.12.2018, p. 1152-1168.

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Peacock, M, Turner, M & Varey, S 2018, '"We call it jail craft": the erosion of the protective discourses drawn on by prison officers dealing with ageing and dying prisoners in the neoliberal, carceral system', Sociology, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 1152-1168. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517695060

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Peacock, M., Turner, M., & Varey, S. (2018). "We call it jail craft": the erosion of the protective discourses drawn on by prison officers dealing with ageing and dying prisoners in the neoliberal, carceral system. Sociology, 52(6), 1152-1168. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517695060

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Peacock M, Turner M, Varey S. "We call it jail craft": the erosion of the protective discourses drawn on by prison officers dealing with ageing and dying prisoners in the neoliberal, carceral system. Sociology. 2018 Dec 1;52(6):1152-1168. Epub 2017 Apr 7. doi: 10.1177/0038038517695060

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Peacock, Marian ; Turner, Mary ; Varey, Sandra. / "We call it jail craft" : the erosion of the protective discourses drawn on by prison officers dealing with ageing and dying prisoners in the neoliberal, carceral system. In: Sociology. 2018 ; Vol. 52, No. 6. pp. 1152-1168.

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