SOCIOL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stanford Prison Experiment
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Prison as a total institution (cid:8869) definition in socialization notes your former identity , routines and social roles are stripped away . The prison destroys a prisoner "s sense of self - determination , self control , and freedom . Wardens must " socialize " inmates into compliance through informal " obedience tests " Stanford prison experiment demonstrated how quickly and easily this happens and now even random individuals can be affected . 16. 690 of black men , 7. 790 his panic men , and 2. 690 white men were or had been in prison in 2002 . lifetime chances of imprisonment for men and women combined are 3. 490 for whites. 1090 for hispanics , and 11. 390 for blacks . Overt discrimination is illegal , but many of our criminal.
