According to Gresham Sykes, _____ served primarily as illustrative symbols of the prison community or as ways for inmates to mark themselves as outlaws and social outcasts.

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Gresham Sykes studied the language used in prisons and found that prison argots (or slang/vernacular unique to prisons) were mainly used to establish one's belonging to the inmate community and to signify one's status as an outsider to mainstream society. Inmate roles, prison codes, and officer codes were not specifically mentioned in this context.

According to Gresham Sykes, _____ Served Primarily as Illustrative Symbols