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Winner of the British Society of Criminology Annual Book Prize 2024.
The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? This book tells the story of a year spent with a UK prison community, bringing its social world vividly to life for the first time through aural ethnography.
Kate Herrity’s sensory criminology challenges current thinking on how power is experienced by the imprisoned and the lasting effects of incarceration for all who spend time in these environments.
‘From the personal feelings and thoughts of the author to the relationships made with staff and prisoners, to the important discussions of order and power, this book quite simply does it all.
'Sound, Order and Survival' is a compelling, powerful, and distinct body of work that carries importance within and beyond the field of prison literature.
This is an important book. It asks novel questions and breaks new ground on how we think about prisons.
Herrity’s written a profound book that’s unlike anything I’ve read in the field.’ Symposium review, The British Journal of Criminology
'This book will be a key source as we move forward in seeking to fully understand sound as an aspect of carceral experiences and environments.' Crime, Media, Culture
1. Just Landed
2. What Are You Hearing, Right Now?
3. Warp and Weft
4. “He’s Never Even Had a Magnum!”
5. Weft and Warp
6. A Night Inside
7. Talk to Me
8. Kackerlackas
9. A Kettle, a Penguin and a Word Arrow
10. Emotional Contagion
11. Arrhythmia
12. Polyrhythmia
13. Jingle Jangle
14. Disentangling Power and Order
15. Learning the “Everyday Tune”
16. Listening To Power
17. Singing Frogs, Looping the Slam
18. The Auld Triangle
19. The Hustle and Bustle
20. Phasing
21. Polyrhythmia Revisited
22. Bells, Whistles, Ships and Prisons
23. Shipping Out
24. References