CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Subculture, Balance Theory
26 May 2016
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Place that erects barriers to social interchange with world at large. Place which is socially isolated, self-sufficient, and maintains 24-hour control over its inmates or patients. Refers to socialization process through which inmate learns rules and regulations of institution and informal rules, values, customs, and general culture of penitentiary. Every prison subculture has its system of norms that influences prisoner"s behaviors typically to greater extent than institution"s formally prescribed rules. Subcultural norms are informal, unwritten rules, but their violation can evoke sanctions from fellow inmates ranging from ostracism to physical violence or even death. Welcome to the steel hotel survival tips for beginners. Women"s accounts of their prison experiences: a retrospective view of the their. Subjective realities by mark pogrebin and mary dodge. In-depth interviews with 54 former female inmates to uncover major pains of imprisonment and elements of prison subcultures. Also seen in women from low ses communities.
