TOTAL INST characteristics

TOTAL INST characteristics

1. BATCH LIVING

   • Each phase of life is carried out with others, allows no freedom of movement and lives controlled by rules and regs

2. BINARY MANAGMENT

   • 2 different social and cultural wrlds exisit beside each other with little mutual collaberation, managers have power and social distance is their weapon

3. INMATE ROLE

   • Achieved thro admissions proceedure, to become a resident means total break frm the past

4. INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

   • The inst. way of life becomes the norm it determines the way residents and staff experience their wrld, it often happens after events designed to force a sense of community