they say that when individuals are in crowded conditions, It can cause high agg
the nature of prisons as punishments are stressful environments
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what is proposed and who said it?
-a no. of deprivations in prison that cause agg (skyes);
.deprivation of liberty- prisoners deprived from freedom and have to obtain permission to eat, sleep, etc (Blomberg and Lucken)
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.deprivation of goods- limited access to things that we take granted for ie phone brings frustration and therefore agg (back to skyes)
.deprivation of autonomy- prisoners have no power and few choices which leads to feelings of-
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-helplessness, frustration and agg
.deprivation of heterosexual rs- men feel emasculated loss of rs, feels less of a man therefore loads of homosexual behaviour scares them and makes them on the lookout for that behaviour-
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.deprivation of security- prisoners may live in fear of agg from other inmates, high sense of physical threat and perceived continual threat, which increases agg as a response for defence
+Gaes et al found overcrowding prisons can cause
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name the evaluations
-ill health and had general misconduct, this can cause heightened stress which results in overreaction and an increase in agg
+practical applications, Wilson set up 2 units in HMP Woodhill and where overcrowding was-
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-reduced, music was introduced tor educe n noisy conditions which helped levels of agg
-gaes and camp randomly allocated 561 male inmates to 2 diff categories or prison, high and low security, found there was no difference between-
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-the two, low-33%, high- 36%
-McCorkle et al, 371 us state prisons found little evidence supporting link between violence and overcrowding, ie most individuals experienced stress not all of them resorted to agg
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Card 2
Front
what do social psychologists suggest?
Back
they say that when individuals are in crowded conditions, It can cause high agg
the nature of prisons as punishments are stressful environments
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