INSTITUTIONAL AGGRESSION

INSTITUTIONAL AGGRESSION

1. AO1

   • Importation model
     • Irwin & Cressey
     • Individual characterisitics
       • Prisoners bring into prison
     • If aggressive outside prison
       • Bring this into the prison
     • Prisoners not blank slates
       • Previous traits/beliefs
         • Imported into the prison
   • Deprivation model
     • Aggression caused by situational factors
     • Aggression
       • Product
         • Stressful conditions
           • Institution
     • Crowding
       • Increase
         • Fear
         • Frustration
     • Deprived of personal freedom
       • Individual rights
         • Increase aggression
   • Instrumental aggression
     • Institutional groups
     • Sharing a common identity and aims
     • Police
     • Aggression used
       • Non-emotive manner
   • Hostile aggression
     • Prison
     • Anger
     • Aggression emerging
       • Emotional states
     • Terroism

2. RESEARCH

   • Kane & Janus
     • Younger and non-white inmates
     • More likely to be aggressive
       • In prison
     • Supporting idea
       • Certain groups disenfranchised from society's values
         • Import aggressive norms into prison
   • Irwin & Cressey
     • Aggression is imported by certain types of inmates
     • One time offenders
     • Perceived by other inmates
       • Straights
     • Reject other
       • More aggressive prisoner subcultures
   • Zimbardo
     • Stanford prison experiment
       • Prisoner or guard
         • Assigned randomly
     • Both models
       • Evidence
         • Could be aggressive before
         • Conditions of the prison
     • Mock prison
     • All male
       • Gender issue
     • Adapted to roles
       • Guards
         • Punsishments
           • Got harsher
       • Prisoners
         • Passsive
         • Obeying the guards
     • Ended in 6 days
       • Ethical issues
         • 5 people left
     • Low ecological validity

3. EVALUATION

   • Problems what is aggressive?
     • Different views
   • Importation model fails
     • Provide suggestions for how to manage aggressive prisoners
       • How to reduce prison violence in general
   • Deprivation model
     • Doesn't explain sudden prison riots

4. IDA

   • Nature vs Nurture
     • No consideration to biological
     • Possibility of family
   • Gender
     • Mainly male
     • Female different
       • Create strong bonds with inmates
     • Explanation of female aggression
       • Different to male