CRM 2306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Solitary Confinement, Total Institution, Erving Goffman
18 May 2016
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Goffman says that in total institutions like for example in the military, when soldiers are given useless little tasks that make them feel completely useless. Physical exposure ex toilets in the cells not covered, Forces social relationships ex roommates, or just fellow inmates. Exposure of significant relationships: your significant relationships may be tainted because they can"t stay private, like mail can be read and such, therapy etc. Inmates are living in a place where you have no control over yourself, or very little. House rules: follow rules of conduct, formal proscriptions and prescriptions that will govern the behaviour of people in total institutions. Rewards: privileges, possibilities for inmates that do as their told, obtaining privileges will make an inmate feel better about themselves. Ex of rewards: better work, more smoke breaks etc. Punishment: consequences for not following the rules ex solitary confinement. Resistance of inmates: sometimes they do it to maintain some kind of autonomy.
