The role of music among prisoners and prison staff: a qualitative research study.
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Music is an integral part of every subculture, including that of prisons. However, no research has yet examined the meaning of music for prisoners and prison staff. The present research examined the role of music in the world of prisoners in Israel and how prison staff experience it. Content analysis of interviews with 10 convicted prisoners and 9 prison staff members indicated four central themes: the different ways prisoners consume and are exposed to music; the role of music in provoking positive and negative feelings; the role of music in the relationships among inmates – closeness and conflicts; and the role of music in the relationships between prisoners and prison staff, particularly in terms of prison regulation of music consumption.
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Music has been used as a tool to increase psychological wellbeing in people experiencing situations of isolation or confinement.
“Furthermore, for many years (Van de Wall, 1924) music has been used as a tool to increase psychological wellbeing in people experiencing situations of isolation or confinement; this area of interest is currently paramount in psychological and music research (Edri and Bensimon, 2019; Hjørnevik and Waage, 2019; Gold et al., 2020).”
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“Interviews of this type enable the research participants to raise subjects, emotions and personal views regarding the researched phenomenon (Heatha and Cowley, 2004).”
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Uses and Perceptions of Music in Times of COVID-19: A Spanish Population Survey
Cabedo-Mas, A., Arriaga-Sanz, C., & Moliner-Miravet, L. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606180 · Cited by 135 · see citing works
- Authors
- Edri, O., & Bensimon, M.
- Affiliations
- Bar-Ilan University (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Bensimon, Moshe
- ORCID
- Bensimon, Moshe
- Venue
- European Journal of Criminology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-05-19
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 633-651
- ISSN
- 1477-3708 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-2609
- OpenAlex
- W2804980020
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 19.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Criminology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Schnitzer Foundation for Research on the Israeli Economy and Society
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Music History and Culture
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Keywords
- prison music, prisoners, prison staff, music consumption, inmate relationships
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