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Interpersonal Skills 2
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11/04/2010

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EXPLAIN THAT PRISON SOCIETY IS CHARACTERIZED BY_________
Definition

 

 

FORCED

EQUALITY

Term

 

GREATEST PRESSURES AN INMATE IN PRISON FACES

Definition
  • MISTREATEMENT BY OTHER INMATES MADE POSSIBLE BY INADEQUATE CONTROL WITHIN THE PRISON
  • INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TOWARDS INMATES
    • INSENSITIVITY TOWARD INMATE PROBLEMS
    • FAILURE TO ENFORCE RULES/REGULATIONS
    • FAILURE TO BE FIRM AND FAIR
    • COMPACENCY; POOR JOB PERFORMANCE
  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
  • STIGMA OF BING SENT TO PRISON; GUILT, SHAME, FEAR

 

Term
DEPRIVATIONS THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR INDIVIDUALS BEING IMPRISONED
Definition
  • GOODS AND SERVICES
  • HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
  • AUTONOMY
  • RELATIVE FREEDOM FORM RULES
  • SECURITY BEING FORCED INTO ASSOCIATION WITH VICIOUS AND UNPREDICTABLE FELLOW INMATES
  • ABILITY TO MAKE FREE CHOICES
Term
ATTRIBUTES THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MATERIAL DEPRIVATIONS JEOPARDIZE
Definition
  • SELF ESTEEM
  • PERSONAL DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL ADAPTION
  • LIFE GOALS
  • HETEROSEXUALITY
  • EMOTIONAL SECURITY
Term
FACTORS THAT AFFECT AN INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO ADJUST TO IMPRISONMENT
Definition
  • SOCIAL CLASS
  • AGE
  • CRIMINAL CAREER
Term
DEFENSE MECHANISMS INMATES MAY UTILIZE WHEN  ADJUSTING TO IMPRISONMENT
Definition

A) DENIAL OF REALITY                     B) FANTASY; ESCAPISM

 

C) REPRESSION                               D) RATIONALISM

 

E) EMOTIONAL INSULATION             F) INTELLECTUALIZATION

 

G) REGRESSION                               H) COMPENSATION

 

I) DISPLACEMENT                            J) GANG MEMBERSHIP

 

K) RELIGION OR CULTS

Term
SOME INMATES ADJUST TO THE DEPRIVATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES BY_________
Definition

 

 

 

RUNNING A STORE

Term
SOME INMATES ADJUST TO THE DEPRIVATION OF HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS BY_________
Definition

 

ENGAGING IN HOMOSEXUAL 

ACTIVITIES

Term

 

GENERALIZED CHARACTERISTICS OF INMATE POPULATION

Definition
  • YOUNG, UNMARRIED MALES
  • MAY BE PRODUCTS OF BROKEN HOMES
  • FREQUENT PROBLEMS OF SOCIETY'S LOWER SOCIAL  AND ECONOMIC LEVELS
  • POORLY EDUCATED, UNSKILLED WITH UNSTABLE WORK RECORDS
  • LOW SELF-SETEEM

 

Term

 

BROAD CATEGORIES OF INMATES WITHIN A PRISON

Definition

A) ANTI-SOCIAL                               B) MENTALLY ILL

 

C) RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY           D) GANG MEMBERS

 

E) HOMOSEXUALS                            F) YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS

 

G) OLDER OFFENDERS                     H) LONG TERM

 

I) CAREER CRIMINALS                      J) POLITICALLY DISSIDENT 

 

K) SEX OFFENDERS                          M) RELIGIOUS GROUPS

 

L) INFAMOUS INMATES; THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED PUBLICIZED CRIMES

 

 

Term

 

WHAT INMATE

SOCIAL SYSTEM IS BASED UPON 

Definition

A) LOYALTY

 

B) INMATE SOLIDARITY

 

C) AFFECTION

 

D) RESPECT

 

E) SOCIAL COHESION

Term

 

SLANG TERMS THAT IDENTIFIES POSITIONS WITHIN INMATE GROUP

Definition

A) RATS                                            B) CENTER MEN

 

C) GORILLAS                                    D) MERCHANTS

 

E) WOLVES                                      F) PUNKS

 

G) FAGS                                           H) BALL BUSTERS

 

I) TOUGHS                                       J) HIPSTERS 

Term

 

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF INMATE SOCIAL SYSTEM IS TO ____________

Definition

 

 

PROVIDE STATUS

FOR INMATES

Term

 

FUNCTIONS OF

INMATE SOCIAL SYSTEM INCLUDE:

Definition

A) SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF PERSONAL SECURITY AND FEAR   OF FURTHER ISOLATION 

 

B) REDIFINES THE MEANING OD "MATERIAL POSSESSIONS"

 

C) HELPS INMATES RECAPTURE HIS "MALE" ROLE (ABILITY TO TAKE IT AND HAND IT OUT) 

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