Anton Symkovych

Prison order through the hyperopticon, collectivism, and atomisation: The surveillance and disciplining of Ukrainian prison officers

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2022  |  THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY

Bentham's idea of the panopticon has long influenced the theorisation of prison order. However, this model of control has been app..

Untrustworthy subjects? Risks, blame and gradual prison release in Ukraine

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2022  |  European Journal of Criminology

Penal authorities and society in general perceive prisoners as untrustworthy. Much of the administration of punishment constitutes..

The toll of totalising masculinities in prison

Anton Symkovych

Book Chapter  |  2022

Gender relations implicate power and male privilege. Prisons largely house underprivileged men. How then do incarcerated men negot..

The Eye of a Needle: Temporary Prison Leave in Ukraine

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Although temporary prison leave humanises custodial punishment, offsets its negative effects, and prepares prisoners for (re)integ..

Negative visibility and 'the defences of the weak': The interplay of a managerial culture and prisoner resistance

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2020  |  Theoretical Criminology

While being structurally subordinate, prisoners are neither powerless nor mute. Drawing on semi-ethnographic research in a Ukraini..

The Legal and Illegal Use of Force by Prison Officers in Ukraine

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Prison Journal

Although prison order rarely rests on naked force, its availability defines a prison. A penological truism holds that officers’ de..

Do Men in Prison Have Nothing to Lose but Their Manhood? Masculinities of Prisoners and Officers in a Ukrainian Correctional Colony

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2018  |  MEN AND MASCULINITIES

The article sets out to show how power and identity intertwine. Its close look at Ukrainian prison culture complements a recent st..

The "inmate code' in flux: A normative system and extralegal governance in a Ukrainian prison

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2018  |  CURRENT SOCIOLOGY

Building on a semi-ethnographic study in a Ukrainian prison, the first research of its kind in the region, this article discusses ..

THE UKRAINIAN RESPONSE TO SYKES: PRISONER HIERARCHY AND SELF-RULE-POWER, LEGITIMACY, AND DYNAMICS

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2018  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY

Although the political and economic bankruptcy of the erstwhile Leninist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe has triggered radic..

COMPROMISED POWER AND NEGOTIATED ORDER IN A UKRAINIAN PRISON

Anton Symkovych

Journal article  |  2018  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY

Analyzing data from a semi-ethnographic study in a Ukrainian medium-security prison for men, I discuss how officers and prisoners ..