%0 Journal Article
%T Prison and sociological perspective.
%A Gilles Chantraine
%J Champ P¨Śnal
%D 2006
%I Champ p¨Śnal
%R 10.4000/champpenal.238
%X Is a qualitative sociological study of prisons useful ? What a question! DoesnĄŻt it seem pointless, out of place or provocative, or all three? ArenĄŻt knowledge, the will to know, truth, objectivity and the scientific character of the work justifications in their own right, with their own positive value? IsnĄŻt it legitimate for sociologists, and a fortiori, committed sociologists, to concentrate on deciphering the social forces and mechanisms at work in the reality of the prison world? An affi...
%U http://champpenal.revues.org/238