SOC 397 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dementia, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Outsideinside
11 Sep 2018
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Causes of prison riots: riots occur for a variety of reasons: Indifferent prison administration: neglect of prisoner demands, dehumanizing prison conditions, mistreatment by guards, unnatural prison society, rivalries among prisoner groups. Conditions underlying the uprising: denial of medical attention, unhealthy food, lack of sanitation, abuse from the all-white guards (the prisoners in attica from predominantly african- American and puerto rican: access to one role of toilet paper a month, censorship of all mail, banned newspapers, denial to hold religious services. 2000: civil case guards who were taken hostage and surviving families sue nys (settled in 2005) T h e b a c k g r o u n d i n g o f a m e r i c a : using criminal background checks has become the norm. Why: data bases easier to collect and maintain criminal history information, growth of private background check as a pro table industry.
