AGGRESSION - Institutional Aggression

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What is the name of the model that describes the situational explanation? and who was it put forward by?
Deprivation Model - Clemmer
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What does the deprivation model say the cause of institutional aggression is?
The environment. Aggression is a response to stressful oppressive conditions
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Who does the deprivation model say has the potential to be aggressive?
Any inmate
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What do inmates have to be deprived of to be aggressive?(5)
Freedom, Independence, Goods and services (competition), Safety, Sexual intimacy
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What causes frustration?
Lock-ups
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What causes stress?
Unsafe environment
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What prison characteristic causes more assaults?
Overcrowding
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What makes overcrowding worse? and what does it lead to?
High temperatures & noise. causes aggression
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What is the name of the model that describes the dispositional explanation? and who was it put forward by?
Importation Model - Irwin & Cressey
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What does the deprivation model say the cause of institutional aggression is?
Personal characteristics
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What does the model suggest the cause of institutional aggression is?
Aggression in prisoners reflects prisoners previous aggressive lives before being convicted
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What are the 6 imported factors causing institutional aggression?
Value (loyalty & respect), Gender (men), Attitude (negative towards authority), Class (lower class), Race (often minorities), Norms (fight)
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What are the 4 personality traits that cause institutional aggression?
Anti-social personality, Anger, Low self-control, Impulsivity
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What are the strongest predictors of aggressive behaviour in prisons?
Anger & loss of temper
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