Institutional aggression - Prisons 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? PsychologyAggressionA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Emily BurroughsCreated on: 07-06-13 16:47 Prisons Irwin & Cressey social histories brought into institutions aggression reflects behaviour in society Cheeseman prisons inherit sub-culture from prisoners Kane & Janus - likelihood of aggression young non-white those who come from deprived areas lengthy unemployment low levels of education Convict sub-culture long time - seek power social deprivation prior to prison Straight sub-culture one time offenders identify with officers 1 of 4 Prisons - Evaluation limited pratical value due to failure to manage prisoners Delisi relationship gang membership and prison aggression gang subcultures imported to prison Poole and Regoli pre-institutional violence best predictor of inmate aggression only examined juveniles 2 of 4 Deprivation Sykes Liberty Goods and Services Hetrosexual relationships Autonomy Security Bandura students from seperate schools working on a project more comfortable being more aggressive when they were referd to as animals 3 of 4 Deprivation - Evaluation McCorkle 371 prisoners - little support correlation between violence and overcrowing/living conditions McCorkle level of stress constant throught violence and normal prison life 1994 Rwanda genocide Tutsi reffered to as cockroaches 800,000 killed in 100 days 4 of 4
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