SOC 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Solitary Confinement, Sex Offender, Prison Officer
6 Dec 2016
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Organizational structure- value set helps people understand which actions are and are not acceptable. Total institution- institution that provides all of the necessities for existence to those who live within its boundaries. Prisonization- socialization process through which a new inmate learns the accepted norms and values of the prison population. Adapting to prison culture includes: doing time. Organized activities for rehabilitation: alleviates boredom, helps inmates improve their health and skill sets, reduces recidivism. Prison violence and creating weapons with new materials is a huge issue. Prison violence exists because: prison or gang hierarchy, deterrent against being victimized, enhances self-image, sexual relief in the cases of rape, means of acquiring goods and materials (robbery) Deprivation model- inmate aggression comes from being deprived of things people not in prison take for granted. Relative deprivation model- inmate aggression is caused when freedoms and services that the inmate has come to accept as normal are decreased or eliminated.
