Men Researching Men in Prison: The Challenges for Profeminist Research

Men = Violence a Profeminist Perspective on Dismantling the Masculine Equation

third world intellectuals in v. s. naipaul’s fiction: the mimic men, a bend in the river, magic seeds

this thesis attempts to study the representations of the third-world intellectuals in three fictional works by the british-educated trinidadian nobel-winner v. s. naipaul: the mimic men, a bend in the river, and magic seeds. the first one recounts the story of ralph singh’s sense of alienation, his experiences as a colonial politician, and his struggle to give order to his disorderly world thro...

Health profile of freedom-deprived men in the prison system.

OBJECTIVE To understand the needs and health profile of men incarcerated in the Pau dos Ferros Regional Criminal Complex (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). METHODOLOGY Quanti-qualitative research conducted with 30 men incarcerated in November 2012. Semi-structured interviews were the primary data collection method. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis of the speeches were used for data an...

Irish prison doctors--men in the middle, 1865-90.

IN 1839, Dr. Henry Maunsell addressed the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on what he termed "political medicine". He chided "the leading medical men of the day [for] having abandoned the higher and more honourable walks of their professions to pursue, exclusively, the less exacted, though more profitable trade of the empirical curing of disease".1 If governmental attempts to provide clean ...

'He'll not talk to anyone': researching men on low incomes.

This paper explores the difficulties of undertaking research with men living on low incomes. The literature shows that most social research undertaken with men has been based on groups of men from higher socioeconomic groups--predominantly from those in work, where access is less problematic than with those who are unemployed.A research project is used as an example to demonstrate the difficult...