SOC 3740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tacit Assumption, Tim Hudak, Prison Farm
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Week 6 i(cid:374)(cid:373)ate o(cid:272)ial t(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e & the (cid:862)pai(cid:374)s of i(cid:373)p(cid:396)iso(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) A place where large members of like individuals are cut off from the rest of society for a lengthy time living a highly structured life. Prisonization = the process by which a new inmate absorbs the customs of the prison society and learns to adapt to the prison environment. Sentence length (longer sentences more likely to assimilate: age (younger assimilate more quickly, personality (mental health, number of pervious prison terms, attachments to the outside world. Law abiding connection (bigger) the more likely to find it difficult to assimilate. Values in the institution are not the same as out in society. Greater allegiance to conventional attitudes and staff norms in: early stage of confinement (ie. first 6 months) late stage of confinement (ie. last 6 months) Explanation for u-shaped curve: distance from community: mid-sentence, early-sentence late-sentence more misconduct stressed, learning to conform stressed, having to conform to the social world.
