CRIM 241 Lecture Notes - Subculture
30 May 2013
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Serving a short sentence (55% serving less than a month) General profile of an offender (not white collar) ***add more from book. Prisonization: once in prison, inmates assimilate to prison routines and inmate subculture- adherence to inmate code (clemmer) Acting a certain way just to get by. Importing your behaviour from the street into prison. Rules and values developed among prisoners inside prison social systems. Gone are the days of the prison boss . Hierarchy of status and power still in place. Life and coping with imprisonment***add more from text. Dealing with problems in a straightforward way (no denial/manipulation) Making an effort to care for oneself/others (altruism) Instrument: violence as a means to an end. Process of subdividing inmates into groups based on a variety of factors. Criminal history factors are related to failure on conditional release. Relationship between number and type of offender needs and recidivism.
