institutional agression

institutional agression

1. importatin model

   • steffensmear-violence amoung black inmates and drug + alchl abuse- which reflect ratioal/ cultural diff in usa
   • deterministic- what you were outside prisn you will be inside
   • reductionist- only takes into acount your past - research show ther factors such as situ
   • casey+irwin- bring own social histories as we are not blank slates!
   • keller and wand- more violence in the placs where mre troubesome inmates kept
   • mccorkle- doesnt explain how to deal with it-only that it exists
     • but can use t as application- prisons have rewards systems for positve behaviour and punishments fr bad behaviour

2. situational/ deprivational model

   • application - study show change in conditions reduce aggression
     • not applied in society as
       • money people dont want to spend for prisons
     • naturalistic- can be applied more as shown eco validity but ot controlled as much so not as valid as lab study
     • cannot blame people- and therefore difficlut to stop this
   • real life - abu graub
     • but blamed it on 'bad apples' or is it a bad society? 'bad barrel'
     • zimbardo dy same effect? and situ?
       • conformity?- social rejection- prison harsh place and gangs?
   • slt?, deindividuatio?
   • frustrations and tensions from:stresses,isolation,boredom,uncomfort ,overowding and lack of activity
   • mcCorkle overcrowding and lack of meaningful acivity= peer violece
   • reductionist- situation no other variables- personality factrs excluded?
   • doesnt allow for individual diff? all in same situ- why arent all violent or not?
     • could be explained by free will- theory deterministic and doesnt account for ths- less valid-cannot explain everyones behaviour

3. other btter explanations - genetic?

4. difficult to measure agression and situational facors?

   • subjctive- lacks objectivity-not scientiically testable