Forensics- After a guilty verdict- imprisonment

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Name the 3 studys in imprisonment?
Dooley- unatural deaths, gillis and nefekh-planned behaviours and haney and zimbado- The prision situationl
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Brief description of Dooley's study into unnatural deaths?
unnatural deaths in prison, content analysis. Checklist that included- social, psychometric and forensic history. suicide compared with those not recorded as suicide
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Brief Description of Gilllis and nefekhs study into planned behavior?
content analysis of data from an offender management system. matched pairs on risk, gender, sentence length. group 1- employed prior to release on special program group 2 unemployed
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Brief description of changes to the prison system suggested by haney and zimbardo?
-the concept of rehab in prison went out the window -no possibility of parole -racial bias in prison 48% Afro carrabien however they only represented 6% of the population
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Findings of Dooleys study?
442 unnatural deaths, 300 suicide, 142 varies verdicts. 52 CSI (consciously self inflicted) more suicide were on remand, 70% hanging, 15% fire 74% not married. increase in death is attributed to overcrowding and prisoner stress
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Findings from Gillis and nefekhs study?
Those on employment programs were less likely to re-offend, 70% of the employed group remained out of prison compared to 55% of the unemployed.
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Haney and Zimbardo's suggestions to improve prisons?
Alternatives to prisons should be sought -Prisons should take into account individual differences -Rehab programes are needed -Psychological knollege needs to be used tom improve conditions
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