In prisons there is a lack of freedom, control and privacy. This is frustrating and may lead to an aggressive reaction towards the guards as they are seen as the controllers
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What claim does this model reject?
Argument that is inmates personalities that are the cause of violence and that these have been imported into the prison environment
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What did Jiang 2002 find?
This model is most likely to explain inmate violence towards staff
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What is the Lucifer effect?
This refers to the power of the situation to make people act in aggressive ways
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What evidence did Zimbardo put forward for this?
Abu Ghraib Prision- US Soilders
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What does the importation model state?
Inmates personalities are the cause of violence and that these have been imported into the prison environment
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If ordinary people were exposed to the same prison environment, then they wouldn't....
Become aggressive because this is not them outside of the prison
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How could this model explain Abu Ghraib prison?
The army might attract people who are aggressive
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What did Berg 2004 state?
Those responsible for aggressive behaviour inside prisons was mostly caused by those prisoners who were violent outside prison
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What claim does this model reject?
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Argument that is inmates personalities that are the cause of violence and that these have been imported into the prison environment
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