Institutional Aggression

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1. What did Wilson (2010) find?

  • Moving prisoners to rooms with a window, lowered temperature and radio led to decresed violence
  • Putting inmates in very very small rooms reduced aggression
  • No link between deprivation and aggression
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2. What does Jiang & Fischer Giorlando (2002) suggest?

  • Deprivation explains violence against prison staff and importation explain violence against inmates
  • Deprivation explains violence against inmates and importation explains violence against prison staff
  • Both thoeries are incorrect as they do not supply efficient evidence

3. Is DeLisi et al (2006) support or opposition for the importation model?

  • Opposition
  • Support

4. What does the Deprivation Model suggest?

  • Don't Know
  • Conditions in insutution e..g crowding, lack of luxuries, increased fear and lack of freedom leads to aggressive behaviour
  • Going on a hunger strike and depriving yourself of food leads to aggression
  • Importing you outside aggression leads to you being aggressive in prison

5. What did Nijman et al (1999) find?

  • Increased levels of personal space didn't actually decrease the level of violent incidents - conditions inst cause of aggression
  • Very strong correlation between personal space and aggression
  • Only link was increased level of luxuries led to decreased aggression
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