Institutional Aggression Flashcards
What model is linked with the dispositional causes of institutional aggression?
Importation model
Which research backed up the importation model
Adams- in America black inmates more likely to be aggressive than white inmates and they were often from more disenfranchised environment where aggression is the norm
An example of a pre-existing characteristic which may contribute to aggression…
Alcohol dependence
Which model is linked with the situational causes of institutional aggression?
Deprivation model
Who proposed the pains of inprisonment?
Harer and steffensmeier
Examples of pains of inprisonment…
Boredom, loneliness and lack of privacy, control & relationships
Who proposed the lucifer effect?
Zimbardo
What is the lucifer effect?
When prison situation cultivated aggression due to change in power and status in the institution
2 pieces of research for the importation model…
Kane and Janus
Mills, kroner and weekes
What did Jane and Janus find?
Correlation between low levels of education, high unemployment and serious criminal record with likelihood of aggression whilst in prison
Non white, younger inmates more likely to be aggressive
What did mills, kroner and weekes do and find?
Surveyed 202 inmates in Canadian prison to find aggression was associated with severe alcohol dependence
Research into the deprivation model…
Johnston
Why did Johnston say prison overcrowding leads to increased aggression?
Increased competition for resources so they adopt violent, defensive behaviours
Evaluation points of importation model…
No practical applications and supporting research
Evaluation points of deprivation model…
Practical applications and it can’t explain prison riots
Who’s graph shows that stress remains at similar level but aggression fluctuates?
McCorkle
What is institutional aggression?
Aggression that exists within that organisation or body
What did Light find?
25% of prison assaults had no apparent reason
What did Goffman suggest?
Prisoners often attempted to hide motive behind aggressive acts
What evaluation point includes the research of Light and Goffman?
Methodological issues of institutional aggression
General evaluation point of institutional aggression…
Difficult to isolate specific factors when studying prison aggression (can’t perform controlled research)
What did Light find?
25% of prison assaults had no apparent reason
What did Goffman suggest?
Prisoners often attempted to hide motive behind aggressive acts
What evaluation point includes the research of Light and Goffman?
Methodological issues of institutional aggression
General evaluation point of institutional aggression…
Difficult to isolate specific factors when studying prison aggression (can’t perform controlled research)
