CJ 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Civil Death, Prison Gang, Subculture
Document Summary
Chapter 12 vocab (book: total institution: an enclosed facility separated from society both socially and physically, where there inhabitants share all aspects of their daily lives. Prison subculture: the values and behavioral patterns characteristic of prison inmates. Prison subculture has been found to be surprisingly consistent across the country. Prisonization: the process whereby newly institutionalized offenders come to accept prison lifestyles and criminal values. Although many inmates begin their prison experience with only a few values that support criminal behavior, the socialization experience they undergo while incarcerated leads to a much wider acceptance of such values. Prison argot: the slang that is characteristic of prison subculture and prison life. Deliberate indifference requires both actual knowledge that a harm is occurring and disregard of the risk of harm that is occurring.
