Exam 3 Chp 11 Flashcards
Most research on prison society was in which type of prisons?
Maximum security prisons (1950s-1970s)
Inmate code
Norms and values develop within the prison social system and help define the inmates image of the model prisoner
Adoptive styles gleaning
Inmates who are doing this try to take advantage of prison programs to better themselves and improve their prospects for success after release
Adoptive styles doing time
They view their prison term as a brief inevitable break in their criminal careers and they live by the inmate code to avoid trouble and do what they can to survive to get out as soon as possible
Adoptive style jailing
Choice of those who cut themselves off from the outside and try to construct life within a prison
Prisonization
Process by which a new prison absorbs customs and learns to adapt to environment
“Rites of passage”
All prisoners undergo this that includes shaving the head, taking away personal possessions, and with an emphasis that they are no longer free but property of the institution
What are some characteristics of total institutions
Each day’s activities are tightly scheduled and others control nearly every part of a residents life
What are pains of imprisonment?
Deprivations of: liberty, autonomy, personal security, goods and services, and heterosexual relationships
How can pains of imprisonment be reduced?
For Skyes it can be reduced if more prisoner solidarity or collectivism
Prison subculture - Skyes hypotheses
Deprivation hypothesis - explanation is that behavior is responsive to pains and deprivations of imprisonment
Prison subculture - Irwin and cresses hypotheses
Subculture is imported from community that they bring to prison cultural beliefs, attitudes, and lifestyles,
Strategies for reducing prison violence
Increase custody staff size, diversity, and training - punish use of weapons with outside charged, improve reward system, instill given e mechanisms
