ABSTRACT
The new 'oppositional culture' is exported to prisons where it supplants long standing 'inmate codes' of camaraderie and mutual trust, only to be exported back to further disrupt the neighbourhoods from which it evolved. Notwithstanding differences in urban structure, the evidence reveals a strong link between certain neighbourhoods, crime and imprisonment. The chapter explains policy approaches to urban and social deprivation, as well as crime and offender reintegration, operate in physical and social locations characterised by a high degree of social ambiguity and difference. It analyzes Greater London as a case example. The chapter presents new data on the residential distribution of prisoners who come from within the metropolitan area of Greater London. Throughout the twentieth century, as suburban manufacturing grew, the spatial separation of the social classes throughout Greater London intensified. Research has shown how the economic, social and penal situation may be changing.
