Prison Norms and Society beyond Bars

Maxim Ananyev () and Mikhail Poyker ()
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Maxim Ananyev: University of Melbourne
Mikhail Poyker: University of Texas at Austin

No 17138, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Inmates' informal code regulates their behavior and attitudes. We investigate whether prisons contribute to the spread of these norms to the general population using an exogenous shock of the Soviet amnesty of 1953, which released 1.2 million prisoners. We document the spread of prison norms in localities exposed to the released ex-prisoners. As inmates' code also ascribes low status to persons perceived as passive homosexuals, in the long run, we find effects on anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes, homophobic slurs on social media, and discriminatory attitudes.

Keywords: incarceration; prison culture; russia; homosexuals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 M14 N34 N44 P00 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 97 pages
Date: 2024-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-his, nep-soc and nep-tra
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