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Zusatztext "Strong and valuable. . . . [A] rare look inside sex offender treatment. . . . Interesting and important. . . . This book is a success." Informationen zum Autor James Waldram is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author of Revenge of the Windigo: The Construction of the Mind and Mental Health of North American Aboriginal Peoples . Klappentext "Waldram excellently weaves his case studies into this rich ethnography. In it! he engages with the cutting-edge anthropological debates on morality! violence and ethics. This work makes significant contributions to the anthropological theory of morality." - Rebecca J. Lester! Ph.D.! LCSW! author of Jesus in Our Wombs: Embodying Modernity in a Mexican Convent Zusammenfassung Presents a detailed ethnographic study of a therapeutic prison unit in Canada for the treatment of sexual offenders. Utilizing extensive interviews and participant-observation over an eighteen month period of field work, this title takes the reader into the depths of what prison inmates commonly refer to as the 'hound pound.' Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Man Who Needs No Introduction 2. Goin' Down with the "Hounds" 3. Disordered Sex 4. Moral Citizenship Moral Habilitation 1: "Stinkin' Thinkin'" 5. "It's Your Life Story" Moral Habilitation 2: "How To Say 'Fuck Off' Politely" 6. "Feeding Frenzy" Moral Habilitation 3: "Peter Meter" 7. "My Rules for Staying Out of Jail" Moral Habilitation 4: "The Most Emotionally Draining Thing I Have Ever Done in My Life" 8. "A Pretty Shitty Place Out There" 9. "It's All in the Head" Epilogue: Where Are They Now? Notes Works Cited Index
