Prison Gangs Behind Bars and Beyond

Dev Rup Maitra is Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth, UK, and a non-practising barrister. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn as Hardwicke Scholar and holds degrees from the University of Bristol and the University of Cambridge. He was ESRC Scholar at Trinity Hall, a Member of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology Prisons Research Centre, and is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• 1. Introduction.- 2. ‘Ganging’ in the 21st Century.- 3. The Internecine Conflict.- 4. Entering the English Prison Complex.- 5. Gangs Behind Bars?.- 6. Race, Class & Segregated Space.- 7. Faith Behind Bars.- 8. Conclusion.