Games prisoners do not play: against the Hobbes-Zimbardo approach of unmitigated prison violence

• Published in: Journal of institutional economics Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 1 - 18
• Main Author: Kaminski, Marek M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Cooperation; Economic theory; Games; Prisoners; Prisons; Self destructive behavior; Subcultures; Violence

Abstract I analyze institutions of prison subculture that mitigate potential violent confrontations among inmates, in contrast to Hobbesian-Zimbardo default spontaneous violence. The games that are relatively rarely played in prison are Chicken and other violent confrontation games. Incoming rookie...