Institutional Aggresion

Institutional Agression

AO1

• Agression= due to situation factors or dispositional factors

**IMPORTATION MODEL** > Irwin & Cressey

• ~ prisoners bring traits/history> influence adaptation to prison
• ~ not 'blank slates'- behaviour imported to prison
• ~ pre-existing factors affect ag levels (eg: race,alcohol addiction)
• ~ some ag behaviour is not imported, they just come from societies where ag is valued.

AO2
1) Irwin + Cressey

• 1 time offenders seen as 'straight'
• shows that…