AO1: Institutional Aggression

Question 0

Situational Factors: Deindividuation

Answer 0

• Anonymity causes loss of personal identity through uniforms.

Question 1

Institutional Aggression

Answer 1

• Aggression amongst people in institutions, e.g police force, military or schools.
• Viewed from situational or dispositional angles.

Question 2

Situational Factors: Heirarchies

Answer 2

• One group has power over another, and uses aggression to maintain social inequality.

Question 3

Situational Factors: Deprivation Model

Answer 3

Causes of prisoner aggression:

• Deprivation of liberty.
• Deprivation of autonomy.
• Deprivation of goods and services.
• Deprivation of heterosexual relationships.
• Deprivation of security.

Question 4

Dispositional Factors: A Few Bad Apples

Answer 4

• Aggression in institutional settings caused by a few rogue individuals.
• Detracts blame from institution.

Question 5

Dispositional Factors: Importation Model

Answer 5

• Career criminal: follow norms of criminals.
• Convict sub-culture: seek power, most likely to turn aggressive.
• Conventionalist sub-culture: one-time offenders, not aggressive.