Luigi Gariglio
Luigi Gariglio is an ethnographer. He received his PhD in Sociology at the University of Milan. Now, he works as research associate in Sociology at the University of Turin (I). He was an academic visitor at the University of Oxford, Centre for Criminology in 2014. He published in The Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and in other international journals.
Subjects: Sociology
Education
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Phd in Sociology, University of Milan (I)
Books
Articles
Challenging Prison Officers’ Discretion: “Good Reasons” to Treat Courteously Mafiosi in Custody in Italy
Published: Jul 04, 2018 by Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Authors: Luigi Gariglio
Subjects:
Sociology
Prison ethnography has long touched on the central role of prison officers’ discretion. Nowadays, a large number of sociologists and criminologists share the assumption that prison officers have de facto to resort to discretional decisions continuously to be able to translate the law into practice as they go about their job. It outlines four officers’ “good reasons” for cooperating with mafiosi in custody.
Photo-elicitation in prison ethnography: Breaking the ice in the field and unpacking prison officers’ use of force
Published: Jul 04, 2018 by Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal
Authors: Luigi Gariglio
This paper focuses on the use of ‘photo-elicitation’ interviewing as a method for unpacking prison officers’ use of force. The discussion is based on an ethnography conducted inside an Italian custodial complex that hosts both a forensic psychiatric hospital and a prison.
Videos
Published: Jun 08, 2018
Published: Jun 08, 2018