Out There/In Here: Masculinity, Violence and Prisoning Book

Acknowledgements     7
Bringing Masculinity into View     9
Social Anxiety and the Resort to Incarceration     10
Men, Masculinity, and Crime     14
The Work of James Messerschmidt     16
Messerschmidt's Critics     19
Sexed Bodies and Embodiment     22
The Standpoint(s) of Men in Prison     25
Out There/In Here     27
Notes     28
Out There: Boys' Lives     30
Quentin     31
Evan     32
Brian     34
Pathways to Crime: Class and Race Connections     36
The Need for Caution     38
Gendered Resources and Strategies     42
The School Setting     42
Being the "Tough Guy"     44
The Sports Arena     46
Phillip     47
The Gang: Contemporary Warriors?     49
George     50
Matthew     51
Thomas     52
Conforming to Hegemonic Masculinity     54
In Here: The Care/Custody Mangle     56
Aboriginal Children and the "Child Welfare" System     57
The Residential School System     58
TheExpansion of "Child Welfare"     59
The "Sixties Scoop"     60
No Quiet Place     62
Robert     64
The "Best Interests of the Child"?     69
The Struggle to "Be a Man"     70
Notes     73
Out There: Men's Lives     74
Men at Work     76
Being "In the Scene": Gangs, Drugs, and Violence     78
Robert     79
"Violence Solves Everything"     84
The Bar Scene: Masculinity, Drinking, and Violence     85
Bringing Women into View: The Bar Scene and Sexual Violence     87
Rudy: Misogyny and "Bums"     88
Men at Home     92
Intimate Relationships     94
Phillip     95
John     96
Domestic Violence Discourse     98
Chris     99
Racialized Violence     100
The Language of Control     101
Men as Victims of Zero Tolerance     102
Don     106
Negotiating Power and Control     107
Notes     108
In Here: The Prisoning of Men     110
Crime Categories     112
Systemic Violence      117
The 1996 Riot     118
Doing Jail Time     124
Doing Masculinity in Prison     126
Coping with Confinement     131
Doing Pen Time     133
Evan     135
George     136
Prisoning and Masculinity     137
Notes     138
Resisting and Creating Masculinities     140
Men, Masculinity, and Violence     141
Deepening Inequalities     144
So Where Does This Leave Us?     145
Afterword: The Research Process     149
The Men's Motivations for Participating     150
Issues of "Truth" and Authenticity     152
The Issue of "Difference"     154
Notes     156
References     158