SOCPSY 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: The Civilizing Process, Norbert Elias, Barbed Wire

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 2D03
• Professor: Luca Berardi

Document Summary

Prisoners and the inmate code regimes november 13. Pains of imprisonment gresham sykes: five main deprivations linked to imprisonment, 1. Loss of desirable goods and services: 3. Loss of security: collectively: pains of imprisonment , combination of these 5 really explain why inmates find prison life so difficult and undesirable, long term effects = production of hardened criminal offenders. Norbert elias: the civilizing process 1939, caused decline of violence to due this, decline in casualties related to combat or warfare. 2 the deprivation of goods and services: two major factors to consider , a - standard of living of inmates before incarceration, poor or homeless, substance abuse etc. Financial resources are scarce and state lacks resources for goods and services: beyond the bare minimum requirement, 2. Stigma makes prisoners unworthy of state-level care in eyes of law- abiding public: violations of norms and society stigma = unworthy, 3.