TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Transgressive decor: Narrative glimpses in Australian prisons, 1970s--1990s JO - Crime, media, culture A1 - Wilson, Jacqueline Z. SP - 331 EP - 348 VL - 4 IS - 3 N2 - This article presents a number of examples of prison inmate graffiti photographed by the author in Australian decommissioned prisons. The images are examined with regard to aspects of the sociology and social psychology of the prison environment. Abiding themes of prison life are identified and discerned as factors contributing to the content of the graffiti. These include especially power relationships, sexuality, revenge, violence, boredom and the simple desire for some form of entertainment, however fleeting.
LA - SN - 1741-6590 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741659008096370 ID - ref1 ER -