Instituional Aggression Studies

Question 1

Procedure, findings and conclusion for Keller and Wang 2005

Answer 1

P - studied prisons in Texas
F - high security prisons had a higher number of assaults
C - suggests that because the people are in high security prisons, they are more likely to be aggressive people

Question 2

Evaluate Keller and Wang 2005

Answer 2

High security prisons are a different environment e.g. less freedom so it may be due to situational factors

Cultural bias towards Texas

Question 3

Procedure, findings and conclusion for Poole and Regoli 1983

Answer 3

P - studied 4 juvenile institutions in America
F - violence on the outside was the best predictor of violence on the inside
C - supports the importation model

Question 4

Evaluate Poole and Regoli 1983

Answer 4

Small sample size - only 4 prisons

Question 5

Which study supports situational factors?

Answer 5

McCorkle et al. 1995

Question 6

Procedure, findings and conclusion for McCorkle et al. 1995

Answer 6

P - studied 371 state prisons
F - attacks on staff and prisoners was dependent on the situation, but riots happened with no change in situation
C - suggests some violence in prions is down to situational factors but not all

Question 7

Evaluate McCorkle et al. 1995

Answer 7

Large sample size

Question 8

What does Keller and Wang 2005 support?

Answer 8

Dispositional factors

Question 9

What does Poole and Regoli 1983 support?

Answer 9

Dispositional factors

Question 10

What does McCorkle et al. 1995 support?

Answer 10

Situational factors

Question 11

Which studies support dis positional factors?

Answer 11

Keller and Wang 2005

Poole and Regoli 1983